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Hidden Gems Along the Anchorage Birding Trail
May 06, 2026 — The Anchorage Birding Trail hosts some of the richest displays of bird life the city has to offer, but these sites have far more to discover than just feathered friends.
ALASKA Trails
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Rebuilding a Tower That Seabirdsand ScienceDepend On
May 01, 2026 — From storm damage to critical repairs, a research tower on Middleton Island in the Gulf of Alaska helps scientists track seabird signals in a warming North Pacific.
ALASKA Bird Science
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Birds in Poetry and Prose in Alaska and Beyond
April 22, 2026 — Poetry is powerful, but poetry about Alaska birds from Alaska poets and writers? Now youre really flying.
ALASKA Arts & Culture
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Desperately Seeking Suggerpak
February 18, 2026 — The global story of how a century-old Yupik mask is illuminating shorebird conservation today in Western Alaska and beyond. Way beyond.
ALASKA Arts & Culture
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A Contested Road Through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness
January 08, 2026 — At the remote edge between the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, a proposed 19-mile road threatens migratory flyways, subsistence livelihoods, and the framework for nature conservation in Alaska.
ALASKA
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Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival and WHSRN Site Turns 35
October 24, 2025 — The celebration marked 35 years since the Copper River Delta was designated a Site of Hemispheric Importance in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN)the first such site in Alaska and among the earliest in the networks history.
ALASKA Festivals and Events
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An Issue of Seismic Proportions
October 22, 2025 — As concerns for the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Western Arctic heats up, seismic surveysor irreversible ecological scarringare at the heart of the issue.
ALASKA Arctic Lands
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Support Western Alaska Communities Impacted by Unprecedented Storms
October 20, 2025 — Nearly 50 communities have reported impacts from wind and flooding.
ALASKA Partnerships
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Sandpipers on the Silvery Stikine
October 15, 2025 — Behind the Scenes with the SeaBank Chronicles, where 91做厙 Alaska and the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust take you for a ride on the Stikine River Delta.
ALASKA Bird Behavior
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When Ships Meet Seabirds: Mapping Risk in Alaskas Waters
October 08, 2025 — Alaskas seas are becoming increasingly busy highways for vessels, posing growing risks for seabirds during one of their most vulnerable timesfall migration.
ALASKA Coasts and Oceans