The dire state of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga population, which is now below 300 animals and has continued to decline, is blamed on a variety of factors. They include industrial noise, urban ...
More than 70% of Alaskans live in the communities along the road system stretching from Fairbanks, through Anchorage, to Kenai, known as the railbelt. Residents of those communities are facing a spike ...
FILE - Visitors to Point Woronzof Park watch the sun set over Cook Inlet and Mount Susitna, on June 7, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. A federal judge on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, has suspended the lone ...
An unusual offering of royalty-free oil and gas leases in the Cook Inlet basin drew a few bids, with state officials describing the experiment as successful. Bids for six tracts were submitted in the ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity and Cook Inletkeeper filed a petition with the National Marine Fisheries Service today to create a Cook Inlet beluga protection zone in the ...
Beluga whales photographed in August 2021 in Cook Inlet, Alaska. The population was most recently estimated at just 331 animals. A first description of this population’s vocal repertoire shows that ...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An environmental review underpinning a 2022 oil and gas lease sale in Alaska failed to properly analyze the potential impacts on endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales, a federal ...
More than 70% of Alaskans live in the communities along the railbelt. Residents of those communities are facing a spike in energy costs that will bring up prices statewide, due to a looming shortage ...