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New Opportunity to View Bears at McNeil River The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and the Outdoor Heritage Foundation of Alaska (OHFA), the department’s official non-profit partner organization, announce a special raffle for anyone wishing to visit the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary this summer. The McNeil River sanctuary is located approximately 100 miles west of Homer on the Alaska Peninsula. Upwards of 144 individual brown bears have been documented feeding on the sanctuary’s tide flats and salmon streams during summer with as many as 74 bears observed at one time. The Alaska State Legislature set this area aside in 1968 to protect these valuable resources. The ADF&G working with the Alaska Board of Game manages public access to the sanctuary to assure these wildlife resources are protected in perpetuity and to assure a quality experience for those that are able to visit. ....
Alaska Legislature rejects Pebble employee for state Board of Fisheries Published 2 hours ago Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, center left, and Speaker of the House Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, center right, are framed by Sen. David Wilson, R-Wasilla (left) and Sen. Mike Shower, R-Wasilla (right) during a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (James Brooks / ADN) Share on Facebook Print article JUNEAU The Alaska Legislature rejected one of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s picks for the Alaska Board of Fisheries but otherwise broadly supported the governor’s choices for his cabinet and state boards and commissions during a rare joint session of the state House and Senate. ....
Alaska Legislature Rejects Pebble Leadership from serving on State Board of Fish
Tuesday PM (SitNews) - In an overwhelming majority, the Alaska Legislature today voted against allowing a member of Pebble’s leadership team to serve on the state fisheries management board, reflecting Alaskans’ widespread and bipartisan support for protecting salmon habitat in Bristol Bay. Members of the Alaska State House and Senate voted 41-18 to reject Pebble Limited Partnership Director of Regional Affairs Abe Williams’ appointment to Alaska s Board of Fisheries, sending a clear message that Alaskans are not willing to trade Bristol Bay’s sustainable, world-class fishery for the permanent destruction of our rivers and streams that would result from the proposed Pebble mine. ....
Commercial interests dominate Alaska’s Board of Game Author: Mark Richards Published May 7 Share on Facebook Print article It’s time for the Alaska Legislature to recognize that the makeup of, and the broad authority granted to, the Alaska Board of Game, allows the board to make decisions that are contrary to our state constitution in terms of allocations and favorability to nonresident hunters. A prime example revolves around a case making its way through the courts Cassell v. State of Alaska, Board of Game regarding the board’s regulations governing the Kodiak brown bear draw hunt system. For many Alaskans, and certainly many nonresidents as well, a Kodiak brown bear hunt is the one coveted hunt they would like to go on in their lifetime. But the board has made it extremely difficult for a resident to draw a permit, while at the same time making it exceedingly easy for a nonresident guided hunter to participate in the hunt. ....
May 4, 2021 MARQUETTE / MUNISING, MI – Barbara G. Carberry, age 94, of Marquette and Munising, died Saturday morning, April 24, 2021, at Medilodge in Munising, after living a long and independent, productive, and satisfying life. Born in Munising on June 8, 1926, to Elson and Madeline (Weir) Carberry. Barbara Carberry graduated in the Class of 1944 at the Wm. G. Mather High School. She completed Registered Nurse training from the St. Joseph School of Nursing, in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1949. After working two years at the Munising Hospital, she entered into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps at as Second Lieutenant in 1951. Her career in the Army included completing basic training at San Antonio and serving three years in Hawaii. Barbara was honorably discharged from the Army as a First Lieutenant. ....