Researchers from an organization that seeks out extraterrestrial life camped out at a remote lighthouse in Southeast Alaska for the better part of the summer, but they weren’t out there looking for little green men. They were there to look for — and listen to — the humpback whales that swarm the waters of the Frederick Sound.
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KFSK’s Olivia Schmidt traveled out to Five Finger Lighthouse to interview Don and Briana Drury, the final keepers of the 2024 season. They had been there six weeks, and were eager to share their experiences, and what has been accomplished at the lighthouse over the summer.
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Petersburg resident Dwight Jenkins’ garbage can after a black bear raid. Jenkins later wrote an...
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Five Finger Island Lighthouse has helped mariners navigate Frederick Sound for over a century. But now, it also serves an educational purpose. Every summer, the remote lighthouse draws in scores of visitors who want to learn more about the unique history and ecology of Five Finger Island.
Shelby Herbert jumped on a boat to the lighthouse this fall to shine a light on some of its new features.
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Petersburg birdwatchers cataloged scores of birds for the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, an annual citizen science inventory of birds across North America. As KFSK’s Shelby Herbert reports, the island community counted the most birds in recent memory.
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Two wild animals caused mayhem in two different buildings in Petersburg last month — both, within 24 hours of each other. First, a grouse trespassed in Petersburg’s airport. Then a black bear cub broke into a grocery store downtown — and though neither people nor products were hurt in the chaos, things ended poorly for the young bear.
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Owlison the owl and Jake the hawk flew down from the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka to Petersburg. But they didn’t fly in on their own — they came on a seaplane with their human handlers. The Alaska Raptor Center treats and rehabilitates over 200 injured birds each year — but some can’t be returned to the wild. Some of these non-releasable birds get to join the Center’s “Raptors-in-Residence team,” where they help teach school kids about the natural history of raptors. Two of them visited Petersburg schools in March.
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A resolution to protect the Southeast Alaska troll fishery passed in the State Legislature on March 20th by a unanimous vote. House Joint Resolution 5 calls on state and federal governments to defend Alaska fisheries from a lawsuit filed by the Washington State-based environmental group, the Wild Fish Conservancy.
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