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Remembering Our Colleague Shiloh Schulte, PhD
June 29, 2025 — 糖心传媒 statements on the passing of our colleague and friend, Dr. Shiloh Schulte, who recently died in a helicopter crash while conducting conservation work in Alaska.
ALASKA Profiles
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Looking Back on the 2025 Alaska Conference on Mining Impacts and Prevention
May 21, 2025 — A recap of a three-day gathering of community members, conservation and climate professionals, Indigenous leaders, and funders on Dena鈥檌na lands.
ALASKA Events and Activities
Take Action for the Mendenhall Wetlands
May 19, 2025 — Comment on the Juneau Douglas North Crossing draft Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study.
ALASKA Important Bird Areas
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More Good News for the Chilkat Valley
May 12, 2025 — American Pacific Mining Corp., which recently took full ownership of the proposed Palmer Mine, has also decided to leave the project.
ALASKA Important Bird Areas
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Let Them Eat Mud: How Biofilm Can Change Shorebird Conservation
May 05, 2025 — And how the biofilm 鈥渇ilm鈥 documents this scientific breakthrough for Western Sandpipers while highlighting a dangerous development project on a crucial stopover site.
ALASKA Bird Science
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Your 2025 World Migratory Bird Day Celebration Kit!
May 05, 2025 — This post is full of stories about Alaska birds, where they are celebrated, and how science can save them, plus a talking Aleutian Tern.
ALASKA Bird Migration
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The Utqia摹vik Migratory Bird Festival Is Coming Back for a Third Year
May 01, 2025 — The 2025 celebration of all the amazing migratory, Arctic-breeding birds in the area is set for June 12 to 15 at Fred Ipalook Elementary School.
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Introducing the Utqia摹vik Birding Trail
April 22, 2025 — A birding trail was born out of a festival to further celebrate birds, community, bird tourism, and conservation in Arctic Alaska.
ALASKA Trails
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鈥淎laska Wildlife and Wild Lands鈥 Recordings With Dr. John Schoen
March 06, 2025 — Learn about old-growth forests like the Tongass, Arctic Alaska, Alaska鈥檚 bears and Pacific Salmon, and how Alaska鈥檚 intact ecosystems are being affected by resource development and climate change.
ALASKA Get Involved
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Safety Sound, a Crucial Stopover Site for Migrant Birds, Is Under Threat From a Mining Operation
March 04, 2025 — A Nevada-based mining company could impact the Safety Sound Important Bird Area near Nome, a place vital to birds and wildlife, Alaska Native subsistence users, and tourism.
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