The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Alaska on Wednesday, centers on the fur seal population on St. Paul Island, home to nursing females that rely on pollock to feed their pups.

The Aleutians East Borough, the Native Village of Unga and two Aleutian fishing groups are asking a state court to void fishing regulations adopted at a February state Board of Fisheries meeting.

In the shift to spring, the melt is on across the state, but a bigger shift is coming, as forecasts indicate an El Niño climate pattern is on its way.

Starting mid-April, outdoor enthusiasts will be able to check snow and ice conditions before heading out on the trail.

The motion stems from a lawsuit filed by the groups in November after the Alaska Board of Game reauthorized a Mulchatna predator control program that had previously been overturned by state court rulings.

Juneau will remain the headquarters for Alaska’s national forests, but much is still unknown for current employees of the lab.

UAF researchers say that the ice, crucial for coastal communities and industry in the Arctic, has been shrinking over the last three decades.

The dispute centers around a technology used on some Carnival ships called open-loop scrubbers. They’re known for reducing air pollution by converting it into water pollution.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a bacteria that commonly causes gastrointestinal illness, was previously no problem for Alaska seafood eaters. Now cases happen every year and the state has a control program.

Staff at the Army Corps said in a press briefing that they never backed out of a long-term solution, and they’re working on the temporary levee and an intermediate solution in the meantime.

The virtual meeting has been added to a calendar of in-person meetings in communities around Southeast.

The city reached 201.2 inches at the Juneau International Airport at midnight, surpassing the previous record of 197.9 inches set in the winter of 2006-07.