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Volunteers from the Alaska Dive Search, Rescue, and Recovery team recovered the bodies from the crashed Bell 206 at about 6 a.m. Sunday.

“I dream about seeing whales up close. But not this close,” said Kevin Williams of Anchorage.

Tom Paragi, a biologist with the Division of Wildlife Conservation, says other studies back up the notion that predator control can help declining populations of prey, like moose.

Head Start programs in Alaska could lose millions in federal funding, because they don't have enough staff. Also, the state pushes back on research that says predator control doesn't work. And young burn survivors get hooked on Alaska.

“This is a new one on me,” said an area biologist who helped with the rescue.

“We are looking into what reasonably might appear to be a coordinated effort to affect the outcome of an election,” said Assembly chair Chris Constant.

The helicopter had been chartered by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. It was carrying three employees from the Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey who had been conducting field work.

The number of volunteer firefighters across the state plummeted by 45% since 2014. That’s more than double the decline seen nationwide.

Police say Clint Moudy has been cooperating with investigators since the late-night July 15 collision. No charges have yet been filed.

The university's first choice is about 100,000 acres near Spooky Valley, west of the Dalton Highway in the Ray Mountains.