The global story of how a century-old Yup’ik mask is illuminating shorebird conservation today in Western Alaska and beyond. Way beyond.
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.
Nearly 50 communities have reported impacts from wind and flooding.
Alaska’s seas are becoming increasingly busy highways for vessels, posing growing risks for seabirds during one of their most vulnerable times—fall migration.
As concerns for the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Western Arctic heats up, seismic surveys—or irreversible ecological scarring—are at the heart of the issue.