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̽����ѡ Alaska’s newest birding trail connects 35 accessible sites, from Cook Inlet shorelines to Chugach alpine ridges to city parks throughout the Anchorage Bowl.

Poetry is powerful, but poetry about Alaska birds from Alaska poets and writers? Now you’re really flying.

The global story of how a century-old Yup’ik mask is illuminating shorebird conservation today in Western Alaska and beyond. Way beyond.

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.

Alaska’s seas are becoming increasingly busy highways for vessels, posing growing risks for seabirds during one of their most vulnerable times—fall migration.

Natural soundscapes are vital ecological resources—what happens when they are drowned out?

Attentive long-distance migrants are following environmental cues better than expected, showing some shorebirds to be surprisingly adaptable.

And how the biofilm “film” documents this scientific breakthrough for Western Sandpipers while highlighting a dangerous development project on a crucial stopover site.

A birding trail was born out of a festival to further celebrate birds, community, bird tourism, and conservation in Arctic Alaska.

A Nevada-based mining company could impact the Safety Sound Important Bird Area near Nome, a place vital to birds and wildlife, Alaska Native subsistence users, and tourism.

Here's what the 2017 Tax Act has to do with the Arctic Refuge National Wildlife Refuge, otherwise known as the World's Bird Nursery.

Community science and Christmastime go hand in hand thanks to ̽����ѡ’s Christmas Bird Count, but conservationists use eBird data year-round to improve the life of birds—Alaska’s included.

The Department of the Interior released a draft Environmental Impact Statement recommending a multi-part land swap, spelling trouble for Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and public lands across Alaska.

A centuries-old issue has seen some hopeful momentum with recent and near-future rat eradication efforts in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

Catch up on all the movement and wins in the world of Alaska conservation from the summer of 2024.

A beginner’s guide to old-growth forests and the historical moves made to conserve Southeast Alaska’s temperate rainforest.

One small study area in Southeast Alaska shocked the ̽����ѡ Science Division: The Chilkat Valley is a major migration passage for many Alaska birds.

Here’s how Alaska’s annual birding events honor culture and art, benefit tourism and local economies, highlight conservation issues, and truly celebrate birds.

And the case for Salmon Creek, the last option for the Juneau Douglas Second Crossing to be constructed off the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge.

What are D-1 lands protections, how are D-1 lands vital to biodiversity, climate change, and Alaska Native communities, and why are 28 million acres on the table right now?

Juneau ̽����ѡ Society and the Marie Drake Planetarium are collaborating to bring awareness to the far-out bird species of Southeast Alaska.

And actually, what are Special Areas? Here’s the history of these life-giving zones in Alaska’s Western Arctic, and how ̽����ѡ Alaska staff helped to protect some of the most unique places on the planet.

There's a comment period happening for the proposed Ambler Road in the Brooks Range. Here's the who, what, when, where, why, water, wildlife, and Western Arctic Caribou.

And how to combat the invasive European Starling at the home level for the good of Alaska’s native birds.