The Yup’ik village of Newtok, perched precariously on thawing permafrost at the edge of the rapidly eroding Ninglick River, is the first Alaska community to begin a full-scale relocation made necessary by climate change. Still, the progress of moving to a new village site that is significantly outpacing relocation efforts at other vulnerable Alaska communities, […] The post Relocation of eroding Alaska Native village seen as a test case for other threatened communities appeared first on Alaska B
The Alaska Senate has proposed a new aid package for the state’s fish processing companies — some of which have been teetering among a crash in prices that’s caused an industry-wide crisis.
The program would add to more than $100 million in salmon and Alaska pollock purchases more than 1,500 truck loads announced earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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