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Spring is Here, Time to be Bear Aware
Channel 2 NewsApril is "Bear Awareness Month" in Alaska and biologists at the Department of Fish and Game say with the warmer temperatures, there is a good chance the bears will be waking up and emerging from their dens. According to the DFG, only a few reports of...Tags: Biology, Science and Technology
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Rare Birthing Event at AWCC
Channel 2 NewsTwo spectacular births took place Sunday morning at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. Two pregnant musk oxen cows went into labor around 6 a.m. and calved at the same time. The musk oxen calves, a male and a female, have been named Ricky and...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Endangered Species
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Sally Jewell's Senate Confirmation Has Big Implications For Alaska
Channel 2 NewsSally Jewell could become Alaska's new landlord of federal lands. By a vote of 87 to 11, the U.S. Senate has confirmed REI’s 56-year-old CEO Jewell as the next interior secretary -- a position that has big implications for Alaska. “The...Tags: Recreational Equipment Inc., Petroleum Industry, Sally Jewell, U.S. Senate
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Interior Department To Take Second Look At King Cove Access Road
Channel 2 NewsThe Interior Department will take a second look at a proposed land exchange between the community of King Cove and the state of Alaska. The announcement Thursday morning came from Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski's office, and in a press release, stated...Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of the Interior, Ken Salazar, Sally Jewell, Interior Policy
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Polar Bear Cub Delivered to Alaska Zoo
Channel 2 NewsA polar bear cub was delivered to the Alaska Zoo for preliminary care and management. The male cub is currently being held for observation and appears to be responding well, according to the zoo. On Tuesday, March 12, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife... -
Golfing for a Cause: SeaLife Center to Host 7th Annual Mini Golf Tournament
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska SeaLife Center will host its seventh annual Miniature Golf Tournament on Saturday, April 6. All proceeds will benefit the Center's Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation program. This year, 30 teams of four -- plus each team's caddies and...Tags: Golf, Sports, Miniature Golf
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Fewer Moose Counted in Kenai Peninsula Unit
Dan Schwartz, Peninsula ClarionA Kenai National Wildlife Refuge official says poor habitat is responsible for the diminished moose population in an area that spans roughly from the Sterling Highway north to the Kenai Peninsula's edge, and it's unlikely to improve in the near future. ...Tags: Zoology
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Aerial Wolf Control Halted near Villages
Channel 2 NewsThe killing of wolves near two villages on the upper Koyukuk River in the Interior has been stopped because fewer wolves were found than expected. Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologists have shot and killed 17 wolves from a helicopter...Tags: Biology, Science and Technology
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Wolves Being Shot Near 2 Alaska Villages
Channel 2 NewsWolves are being shot as part of a wolf reduction program under way to boost the number of moose northwest of Fairbanks. According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, state wildlife biologists on Saturday began shooting wolves from a helicopter around... -
AWCC Brown Bears Awake from Hibernation
Channel 2 NewsWith spring just a few weeks away, animals in hibernation are starting to wake up. Brown bears at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center are awake after their five-month long nap, according to Executive Director Mike Miller. Miller says that...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Endangered Species
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Alaska Senate Urges Drilling in ANWR
The Alaska Senate has unanimously passed a resolution urging Congress to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. Alaska's political leaders have long supported this. SJR3 urges Congress to pass legislation allowing for oil and...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Politics
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Construction to Begin on Kenai Refuge Visitor Center
Dan Schwartz, Peninsula ClarionConstruction is set to begin this spring on a new visitor center at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The Peninsula Clarion (http://is.gd/HzjIPW) says the $6 million building is slated to open in the fall of 2014, and serve the approximately 1...Tags: Lobbying, Zoology, Politics
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