KVICHAK RIVER, Alaska — A screaming east wind was punching up big surf waves half a mile out on Lake Iliamna and scraping the top surface off the sandy shoreline where the lake opened up and sent its ...
A legal fight is ramping up over who should manage Alaska's dwindling salmon populations—and who gets access to them. By Max Graham/Grist Published Dec 25, 2023 11:00 AM EST This story was originally ...
After walking away from a twenty-year guiding career in Alaska to write full-time, I’m getting the chance to return for one more week on the water. This is the 6th installment of a ten-part series ...
Menomonee Falls might not be the first place you think of when looking for wild salmon, but a local couple is trying to change that. Alaska Fresh, a "boat to plate" company that brings wild salmon ...
There is no more salmon. That's what native Alaskan Ricko DeWilde is most concerned with these days. The cast member and segment producer on National Geographic's, "Life Below Zero: First Alaskans," ...
Citing a weak coho salmon run, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said Wednesday it was halting sportfishing at Ship Creek in Anchorage through Sept. 30. The emergency order is effective 12:01 a.m ...
A crew member aboard a Prince William Sound works with the operator vessel's skiff, which is used to maneuver the net into position. (Photo courtesy of Megan Corazza) A crew member aboard a Prince ...
Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. When salmon all but vanished from western Alaska in 2021, thousands of people ...
Today was silver salmon day, and everyone around the lodge was excited. Guide Luke Valentino and I were assigned to take a family of five up the Kamishak to see if the silvers, also known as coho, ...