Heavy Lifting in a Salmon Stream: Alaska’s Tongass Forest Restores Habitat
A Volvo 480 crawler excavator is a big yellow machine. Weighing in at well over 50 tons, it will move just about anything, such as a 17,000-pound log.
Massive logs like these are key ingredients in restoring salmon streams but only if they’re put in the right place.
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AK: Off Course
They say birds of a feather flock together. But try telling that to a small, brightly colored songbird that showed up in Bethel last month. The unusual bird is thousands of miles outside of his normal range. And he hasn't started flying south yet. That has many birders wondering why he sticking around and if he's going to try to survive the harsh Alaska winter.
Alaska News Nightly: September 21, 2012
Talkeetna Braces For Flooding; Flooding Strikes Kenai Peninsula; Settlement Reached In Lawsuit About The 2005 Bristol Bay Area Plan; 9th Circuit Court Rules Against Kivalina; Three Hikers Rescued From Deer Mountain; Fairbanks Residents Combat Invasive Plant; AK: Off Course; 300 Villages: Alatna
Mrs. President: An Anchorage World Premiere
The world premiere of "Mrs. President," an opera by composer Victoria Bond, will be in Anchorage, Alaska on October 5 & 7, 2012.
Recently, Anchorage Opera's Kevin Patterson sat down with composer Victoria Bond to discuss the upcoming show.
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Alaska News Nightly: September 20, 2012
Southcentral Alaska Copes With Flooding; Energy, Manufacturing Companies In Asia Hope To Buy Alaska Gas; Golden Valley Electric Secures Gas Shipments To Fairbanks; Shell Authorized For Two Beaufort Sea Boreholes; Suspect of Shooting North of Kiana Arrested; Kivalina Students Heading Back to School; America’s Top Port Sees Streak Tweaked; State’s Lawsuit Against Fast Ferry Manufacturer Scheduled For Spring; ‘Glacier Deer’ Spotted in Southeast; Longtime APRN Legislature Reporter Retires
Imagining Our Own Past and the World Beyond
All the way back to the Greeks and before, European culture is rooted in worship and theater. Now a budding field of archaeology brings us new evidence of elements of theater in ceremonial locations going back thousands of years in both Europe and the New World.
The stones of ancient outdoor plazas rang with strange sounds that scientists are beginning to be able to reproduce. We are beginning to learn what an oracle sounds like.
This year for the first time the American Association for the Advancement of Science had a session on a promising new science called archaeoacoustics, the study of the sounds of the past.
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Alaska News Nightly: September 19, 2012
Arctic Sea Ice Begins Freezing Again; BBNC Leaders Push For Salmon Fishery Protections In DC; Double Shooting Near Kiana Under Investigation; Seward Declares Emergency Due To Flooding; Collaboration Keeps Contract In Kake; Scientists Studying ‘Slow Quakes’; Game Board Rejects Denali Wolves Buffer Zone; Ceremony Aims To Raise Awareness of Domestic Violence; Haines, Skagway Residents Deal With Loss of Family, Friends
Call for Submissions: 2013 PBS Online Film Festival
The PBS Online Film Festival is back for its second year and Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. (NAPT) wants you to be a part of it.
NAPT is searching for the best in Native short films from American Indian and Alaska Native filmmakers across the country. As an organization, they'd like to help curate your short film into the larger submission process.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: September 18, 2012
2012 PFD Will Be $878; Energy Relief Is Not Accompanying PFD; Jack-Up Rig ‘Endeavor’ Lowers Legs Into Kachemak Bay; Wind, Rain Event To Hit Southcentral, Prince William Sound; Tanacross, Dot Lake Still Without Power After High Winds; Scientists Look For Clues Causing Record Arctic Ice Melting; Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Challenging Wishbone Hill Permits; Sitka Adds Teacher To Keep ‘K’ Classes Small
Arctic Innovation Competition: Deadline Approaching
The University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Management will award more than $19,000 in cash prizes through its annual Arctic Innovation Competition.
The competition, now in its fourth year, asks entrants to propose new, feasible and potentially profitable ideas.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: September 17, 2012
Technical Issues Plague Shell Drilling Plans; Legislature Preparing For Possible Military Closures; Interior Cleaning Up After Wind Storm; Weekend Storm Causes Flood In Southcentral; Era Resumes Limited Service; Fairbanks Youth Homeless Shelter Project Delayed; Valdez Holds First Alaska LNG Summit; Seafood Summit Wraps Up In Hong Kong; Avalanche Professionals Meet In Anchorage; Fairbanks Approves Chena Hot Springs Resort Land Exchange
Understanding Muslim Societies
Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli was recorded speaking on "Understanding Muslim Societies" at the Alaska World Affairs Council on Friday, September 14, 2012.
AK: Geese
Thousands of black brants nest each spring on a piece of marshy tundra near Chevak, in Western Alaska. And for nearly three decades, the small geese have been the research focus of biologist Jim Sedinger. In 1984, the University of Nevada Reno professor decided the brants would be good subjects for a long term study on a bird population. This summer, he brought an audio recorder out into the field.
Alaska News Nightly: September 14, 2012
Roundtable Votes to Move Land Exchange Deal Along; Jack-Up Rig May Have Carried Invasive Species With It; APD Policies Reviewed; Anchorage High Wind Warning Lasting Into Monday Morning; Ice Still Delays Shell Arctic Offshore Drilling; Man Accused In Hotel Shootout Arrested And Charged; Record Numbers Expected At 50th Running Of Equinox Marathon; Southeast Agency Looks For More Hydropower Efficiency; AK: Geese; 300 Villages: Northway
How to Make Your Own Sauerkraut
Homemade sauerkraut is extremely easy to make. All that is required is cabbage, salt, and a container to store your fermenting sauerkraut in.
Here is a brief, step-by-step guide to making your first batch!
See the recipe.
Alaska News Nightly: September 13, 2012
Fishing Disaster Declared In Yukon, Kuskokwim Rivers And Cook Inlet; Chinook Run At Bethel Could Be Lowest Ever; Anchorage Braces For Another Wind Storm; With Repair Estimates In the Millions, Anchorage Braces For 1-2 Wind Storm Punch; APD Officer Shot Near Merrill Field Inn; Anchorage Police Prepare For Budget Cuts; Public Transportation Gets Another Look; Study: Otters Help Combat Global Warming; Next Phase Of ‘A Trip South’ Set To Begin
Advocating to End Senior Hunger in Alaska
Hunger among seniors in Alaska is a hidden but increasing problem.
Often there is a misperception regarding who is food insecure, with an image of a homeless man or woman standing in line at the soup kitchen. The numbers paint a different image.
Read more. Alaska News Nightly: September 12, 2012
Downsized Budget Reduced Scope Of Denali Commission; Japan Gives US, Canada $6 Million For Tsunami Cleanup; ACLU Hopes To Change State’s Record Expunging Policy; Anchorage Construction Firm Owner Pleads Guilty To Fraud; Railroad Gets OK For Port MacKenzie Rail Extension; Work Begins On Tanana River Bridge; Dockside Safety Exams Soon Mandatory For Many Fishing Boats; Group Asks For Mandatory Deadline To List Bearded, Ringed Seals As Endangered; Assembly Approves $96.7M Blue Lake Construction Cost; Alaska Cruise Season Winds Down
Alaska News Nightly: September 11, 2012
Continuing Resolution Protects Eielson F-16s For Now; Working Group Discusses Rising Fairbanks Fuel Prices; Feds Won’t Take Over Chatham Fisheries, At Least For Now; Study Of Rare Bird Conducted At Kodiak Refuge; White Moose Generates Internet Buzz; Invasive Species Hurting Southeast Resources; Illness Hits Two Alaska Cruise Ships; UAF Considers Possibility Of ‘Aurorium’; ‘The Village’ Documents Life In Old Fangak
Kitchens of Alaska: McDonald Spit
McDonald Spit is a long narrow strip of sand and gravel projecting out into Kachemak Bay. It’s south of Homer on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula near Seldovia.
Local residents Eric Brudie and Meg Simonian are accomplished cooks, and regularly prepare elaborate meals at The Spit.
Tour their kitchen.