Lots of moose harvested in the Central Southeast hunt this year
The month-long moose hunt in Central Southeast Alaska closed on October 15 with a large harvest of 131 bulls.
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Only a few days of the Central Southeast moose hunt left
The Central Southeast moose hunt is wrapping up, with less than a week before the season ends. Hunters have harvested 100 bull moose in the fall hunt near Petersburg, Wrangell, and Kake as of October 9.
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This year’s weather made for great blueberry picking
Alaskans pick blueberries in the summertime from Southeast to the arctic tundra. On Petersburg’s Mitkof Island, the region’s highbush varieties – oval-leaf blueberries and black huckleberries – are having an exceptionally good year. KFSK’s Hannah Flor takes a look at the science and the pleasure of blueberry picking.
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Petersburg Ranger District authorizes wilderness survival show, “Outlast,” to film in Little Duncan Bay
The cast and crew of a reality television show will start filming in the second weekend of October in a popular hunting spot near Petersburg. They’ll stay there for the next 40 days. That means a longer season for some local transportation and hospitality businesses — but the project is also pushing aside hunters in the middle of deer and moose season.
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Petersburg Borough pursues Papke’s Landing float dock
Petersburg’s Borough Assembly took its first steps towards taking ownership of a state-owned public boat launch last week. But Papke’s Landing has seen better days, and the Borough will have to come up with over nine million dollars to repair it.
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Dunleavy administration loses lawsuit over Kake hunt
A federal judge has rejected the Dunleavy administration’s legal challenge to an out-of-season hunt authorized by the feds during the early months of the COVID pandemic. The Organized Village of Kake had requested the deer and moose harvest out of concerns about food security.
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Regional subsistence councils hamstrung by stalled appointments
Alaska’s subsistence councils are entering the new year at reduced strength. They have been hamstrung by a pattern of stalled appointments that have left few members ahead of the 2021 meetings.
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Judge overrules Dunleavy administration’s objections to Kake’s COVID-19 hunt
The Dunleavy administration objected in court to federal wildlife managers allowing Kake’s tribe to hunt out-of-season. The tribe argued that shortages during COVID-19 pandemic has exposed potential weaknesses in the supply chain.
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