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EAGLE VILLAGE, Alaska — When Jody Potts-Joseph was growing up, her family mushed sled dogs during the harsh Alaskan winters to hunt and trap, feeding them salmon caught from the Yukon River by ...
Members of the Fort Yukon High School basketball team, located in an isolated and remote area of Alaska, will be visiting the ...
We set up the tents and camping gear at a leisurely pace. Then we were off to the Yukon River- another 10 miles or so. We arrived at the river and crossed to an island covered with willows.
Gwichyaa Zhee, also known as Fort Yukon, has always depended on salmon. But for the fourth year in a row, managers have severely restricted fishing, as the Yukon River king and chum salmon runs ...
Salmon are vanishing from the Yukon River — and so is a way of life As waters warm, Alaska Native families confront a world without the fish that fed them for generations.
A 20-year-old treaty keeps Alaska and Canada working together, even through the devastating king and chum salmon collapse.
In this Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend and her guests discuss the future of the Yukon, and the steps that can be taken to protect this vital resource.
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is considering whether or not to open state-owned land near the Yukon River to oil ...
Two salmon species have all but disappeared from Alaska's Yukon River this year, prompting the state to shut down fishing in an effort to save them ...
In your view, what factors have contributed to the current Yukon River salmon collapse? There has been much discussion and research on salmon conditions in Alaska, not only on the Yukon River but ...
The Yukon River sweeps across from east to west, and the trans-Alaska pipeline snakes over the land from north to south.
Indigenous communities in the Yukon are struggling to survive in a changing climate. Their story provides an important warning, no matter where you live.