Alaska
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Rat Eradication on Four Islands鈥痠n Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working on an environmental impact statement (EIS) for potential alternative actions (ranging from no action to various methods of eradication) to address nonnative invasive rats on four Aleutian Islands (Great Sitkin, Amchitka, Kiska, and Attu) within Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The scoping period ended on November 7, 2024. For more information about the proposed project, visit: Rat Eradication on Four Aleutian Islands EIS
Coastal Plain Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
December 9, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management issued the Record of Decision for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and announced the lease sale:
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A total of $6.1 million is available for this round of funding and the last day project proposals will be accepted is June 20, 2025.
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Instead of going with the same old resolution, consider trying something new this year. Try broadening the scope of your resolution from personal health and well-being to environmental health and well-being.
Wildlife Management
During the winter holiday season, Santa Claus uses the "naughty and nice list" to sort people based on their behavior in the community. This isn鈥檛 all that different from managing invasive species, where the "nice" species are native and beneficial, and the "naughty" species are invasive and...
History and Culture
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding more than $1.3 million to eight federally-recognized Tribes in Alaska to benefit fish and wildlife resources and their habitats.
Recreation
A Cooperative effort between Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Alaska State Parks, Eklutna Inc., Eklutna Village Corporation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Restoration Program helped provide a much needed expansion to the Eklutna Lake ATV trailhead. The trailhead, with an...
Science and Technology
In the words of Benjamin Franklin, 鈥渁n ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.鈥� For invasive species management this is often referred to as early detection and rapid response, or EDRR.
