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SAVING THE COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE
Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims in an ocean chock-full of dangers such as pollution, shipping, oil ...
Alaska Dispatch News5d
Gov. Dunleavy points to ‘temporary’ and ‘painful’ measures to address Cook Inlet gas crunch, as legislators say their role may be limited
As utilities warn of the possibility of rising costs and rolling blackouts, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and key lawmakers say ...
Alaska Dispatch News8d
Invasive freshwater fish able to swim through Alaska’s Cook Inlet, study proves
The documentation of salmon-eating northern pike in Southcentral estuaries, a North American first, shows a new way for the invasive species to spread ...
WTTW1d
Shedd Solves Mysteries of Baby Beluga’s Sex and Parentage, Now the Young Whale Needs a Name
Mom is 35-year-old Naya, but there are two mature males in Shedd’s pod. DNA testing revealed that Beethoven, the oldest male beluga at Shedd, is the father. Beluga dads are 100% hands-off when it ...
Archaeology14d
1,000-Year-Old Food Storage Cache Discovered in Alaska
Alaska Public Media reports that a food storage space similar to a root cellar was discovered at an archaeological site ...
Petroleum News8d
Cook Inlet tidal energy project progresses
In a recent news release Ocean Renewable Power Co. announced progress in its planned development of a tidal power generation system in the waters of Cook Inlet, offshore the East Foreland area of the ...
Center for Biological Diversity4y
SAVING THE COOK INLET BELUGA WHALE
Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims in an ocean chock-full of dangers such as pollution, shipping, oil ...
Yahoo5d
Gov. Dunleavy points to 'temporary' and 'painful' measures to address Cook Inlet gas crunch, as legislators say their role may be limited
"Unfortunately, those beluga whales create a lot of headaches for anyone that wants to do anything in the Cook Inlet," he said. (The Cook Inlet population of beluga whales is federally listed as ...
Yahoo News5d
Gov. Dunleavy points to 'temporary' and 'painful' measures to address Cook Inlet gas crunch, as legislators say their role may be limited
Mike Dunleavy said the state may have to take "painful" short-term measures to bridge a gas supply gap from Cook Inlet. "We'll address the short-term shortage of natural gas for Southcentral, and we ...