ADF&G Archives

Watch Live: Alaska Supreme Court to hear appeal on 2021 herring ruling

by KCAW News | Dec 13, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

On Wednesday, December 14 at 9 a.m. the Alaska Supreme Court will hear oral arguments appealing a 2021 decision in the Sitka Tribe of Alaska's suit against the Alaska Department of Fish and Game over management of the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery. Watch the proceedings live here: Read More

Bear shot and killed on Edgecumbe Drive early Wednesday

by KCAW News | Oct 13, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Alaska Wildlife Troopers have concluded their investigation into the shooting death of a brown bear by a 16-year old in a Sitka neighborhood early Wednesday morning. Read More

Like a flat out of hell: How one Sitkan has lived with ‘batty’ housemates for nearly two years

by Katherine Rose | Jul 8, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Southeast Alaska is home to at least six wild bat species, and maybe more. The nocturnal mammals are often not seen…that is unless they’ve made a home out of your warm, inviting attic. But if that happens, getting them out can be quite the challenge. Read More

After a four-year hiatus, Southeast’s winter troll season returns to April

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 31, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

SE trollers will be allowed to target 28,000 "treaty kings" in outside waters in April, after the Board of Fish gave ADF&G more latitude to adjust the dates of the winter fishery. Read More

ADF&G: As long as Sitkans keep setting the table (with tempting trash), brown bears will keep sitting at it

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Nov 26, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated

ADF&G biologist Steve Bethune doesn't refer to these animals as "problem bears." “Because they're just bears being bears," he says. "It's actually people that are the problem. And the bears are using the intelligence that they've been created with, and all their resources, and they have to do the best they can with whatever they can just to survive.” Read More