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Board rejects tougher measures for nannies

The Alaska Board of Game has rejected tougher restrictions for hunters who shoot nannies. Managers have been concerned about declining numbers of the female mountain goats near Sitka. But the seven-member board voted unanimously on Tuesday to keep the status quo in place.

Tue Jan 15, 2013

Board of Game advances Southeast wolf-control measures. Board rejects calls for early hunting by residents. Yakutat dog survives earthquake, fall into well. Poor king season in '12 may restart stalled research bill.

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Yakutat dog survives fall, 24 hours in well

A little before midnight on January 4, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Alaska. Tinaa was still nowhere to be found. Buller thought that might have sensed the temblor and went to hide someplace. So, the family waited, hoping she’d turn up after the excitement died down.

Board rejects calls for early hunting by residents

The Alaska Board of Game on Monday (1-14-13) rejected – once again – calls to open big game hunting seasons earlier for residents than for non-residents. A total of six proposals restricting non-resident access to hunting were before the board at its Sitka meeting. The board considered two, and took no action on the others, due to their similarity.

Audio and web links from the tsunami call-in

Listen to Tuesday's Tsunami Call-In with Police Chief Sheldon Schmitt, Fire Chief Dave Miller, Assistant Fire Chief Al Stevens and Joel Curtis, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service and see the slides that Joel refers to and the web links mentioned during the program.

Board of Game advances wolf trapping proposals

The Alaska Board of Game advanced a pair of reports that call for trapping wolves in Southeast Alaska, in an attempt to help deer populations recover. But both plans are far from final.

Johnny Wake on Earbones

Thanks to Johnny Wake, frontman of the Glorious Youth Parade, Sitka’s sprawlingest dance...

State game board meeting opens on bear research

The state’s Fish & Game board meetings typically are not celebrated for their entertainment value, but bear research can make for pretty good story telling, even if it’s scientific story telling.

Two donations total $600K for Sitka building improvements

Kettleson Memorial Library and the Sitka Sound Science Center are the recipients of hundreds of thousands of dollars ... from two separate donors.

Quake’s landslides disturb lake, cause problems for hatcheries

The 7.5-magnitude temblor is believed to be responsible for a landslide into Betty Lake -- one of the water sources for the Armstrong-Keta hatchery at Port Armstrong. Further north, in Deer Lake, avalanches caused by the earthquake are believed responsible for swamping a skiff owned by NSRAA, the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association.