Environment

Kids N Kelp

Kids N Kelp

Bring your family down to Fun Friday: Mariculture. Come learn what mariculture is, the difference between seaweed and kelp, explore a mariculture themed obstacle course, decorate an oyster shell, and more!

Intended for kids in grades K-4, but all are welcome.

Salmon in the Classroom

Salmon in the Classroom

We’d like to give a big shout-out to the “salmon stork,” a.k.a Robin Mayo from Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment (WISE), a Salmon in the Classroom partner. Someone from the Valdez Fishery Development Association drove the eggs up from the hatchery to the junction of the Edgerton and Richardson […]

EPA Blocks Pebble Mine-AP

EPA Blocks Pebble Mine-AP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Tuesday and blocked a proposed mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and gold resource in the world because of concerns about its environmental impact on a rich Alaska aquatic ecosystem that supports the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.

DEC Clean Water Action Grant Awards

DEC Clean Water Action Grant Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 6, 2023 CONTACT: Laura Eldred, Environmental Section Manager (907) 376-1855 DEC Awards $1.6 Million Dollars in Clean Water Actions Grants (JUNEAU, AK) – The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is pleased to award 18 Alaska Clean Water Actions (ACWA) grants to organizations across the state […]