Alaska Wildlife News for July 2022

Check out the links below to read about Alaska’s wildlife and habitat in the news during July 2022!

The spirit of the whale: Utqiaġvik celebrates Nalukataq with feast and dancing | Anchorage Daily News, Alena Naiden

4 bears killed after getting into tents at Anchorage campground abruptly opened to homeless | Alaska Public Media, Casey Grove

US agency to study expanding critical habitat in Alaska for rare North Pacific right whales | Alaska Public Media, Mark Thiessen

Pebble Project camp destroyed in wildfire | Alaska News Source, Joey Klecka

Alaska birdwatching is a big money-maker and presents opportunities for rural areas, study says | The Midnight Sun, Yereth Rosen

A creeping mass of insect larvae near a Denali lodge raises the question: ‘Am I hallucinating?’ | Anchorage Daily News, Morgan Krakow

Bristol Bay commercial sockeye salmon catch shatters record | Anchorage Daily News, Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times

Watch live: The Katmai bear cams are back | Anchorage Daily News

Farmed for their fur or taken as pets, raccoons aren’t indigenous to Alaska, but they have a long and interesting history | Anchorage Daily News, David Reamer

Bristol Bay’s sockeye run is already the biggest on record | Anchorage Daily News, Isabelle Ross, KDLG Dillingham

Working for Wildlife; Short films highlight wildlife research | Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, Riley Woodford

How are the Deer? Surveys offer insights | Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, Riley Woodford and Abby McAllister

I found a baby bird! | Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, Arin Underwood

Belugas spotted in lake 20 miles inland from Dillingham | Alaska Public Media, Isabelle Ross, KDGL

Diesel sheen from beached tender prompts brief Bristol Bay fishing closure near Naknek | Anchorage Daily News

Another bear killed at East Anchorage city campground repurposed for homeless residents | Anchorage Daily News, Zachariah Hughes

Remembering Romeo, the Wolf that Stayed | Alaska Magazine, Nick Jans

Birdwatchers spend more and stay longer than other Alaska tourists, study says | Alaska Public Media, Claire Stremple, KTOO

Western mining boom puts salmon species at risk, study warns | The Globe and Mail, Ivan Semeniuk

Low Kenai River king counts close sport and set-net fisheries, again | Alaska Public Media, Sabine Poux, KDLL

It began as a typical ferry ride in Kachemak Bay. Then a minke whale went airborne. | Anchorage Daily News, Morgan Krakow

Wolves in Southeast Alaska Face Pressures From All Sides | Alaska Magazine, Sean Nielson

Alaska is experiencing wildfire behavior it’s never seen before | Anchorage Daily News, Mark Thiessen, Associated Press

The Bristol Bay sockeye run was record-setting, but there are plenty of factors that go into a successful fishing season | Anchorage Daily News, John Schandelmeier

Catch limits increase as sockeye runs hit highs on Kenai and Kasilof rivers | Anchorage Daily News, Sabine Poux KDLL

Evidence of invasive crab that could wreak havoc on Alaska fisheries found near Metlakatla | KTOO, Eric Stone, KRBD

'We don't want more food stamps, we just want our way of life.' Low chum numbers disrupt Yukon River residents' lifestyles | KYUK, Olivia Ebertz

Brown bear eating trash killed in southeast Alaska city | Seattle Times, Associated Press

Cook Inlet fishermen sue over set-net closures | Alaska Public Media, Sabine Poux, KDLL

Birding, a fast-growing tourism draw in Alaska, brings visitors to Utqiaġvik | Anchorage Daily News, Alena Naiden

The Aleutian tern may be Alaska’s most imperiled seabird | KTOO, Claire Stremple

Historic musk ox hunt to open on North Slope | Anchorage Daily News, Alena Naiden

For the first time, live invasive green crabs have been found in Alaska | Alaska Public Media, Raegan Miller, KRBD