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Struggling to rebuild the crashing Yukon River king salmon run
Posted by Alaska Dispatch: None Given on July 12th, 2014
Alaska Dispatch: When Stephanie Schmidt became Alaska’s Yukon River fishery research biologist in January 2012, she knew that all was not well along the sinuous length of the famed river. Chinook salmon numbers had been dwindling since 1998, and as a result, commercial harvest of the fish -- also called king salmon for their immense size and sumptuous meat -- was frequently halted. That didn’t help: The 2010 run was the second-worst in recorded history. 2011 was only a few fish better.
Faltering returns also hurt...
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Fairbanks scientist plans epic Arctic climate change study by snowmachine, kite-skis
Posted by Alaska Dispatch: None Given on March 9th, 2013
Alaska Dispatch: Kenji Yoshikawa will soon sleep on brilliant, blue-white landscape that has never felt the imprint of his boots. Beginning on spring equinox, the permafrost scientist and a partner will attempt to drive snowmachines from Prudhoe Bay to Canada’s Baffin Island.
While traveling a distance equal to Seattle to Tokyo to Seattle over land and sea ice, Yoshikawa will camp outside villages in an Arctic Oven tent. Along the way, he’ll stop at village schools in Canada’s far north, drill holes in the ground...