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"'Unprecedented' Wildfires Ravage The Arctic" [1]

"More than 100 intense wildfires have ravaged the Arctic since June, with scientists describing the blazes as 'unprecedented.'"

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Antarctica & Arctic [7]
Source: CNN [8], 07/26/2019
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"Bernhardt Secretly Signs Land Swap For Alaska Refuge Road" [9]

"Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has once again revived a proposed land exchange that would clear the way for a controversial gravel road to be built through wilderness within Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Transportation [13]
Wildlife [14]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: E&E News PM [15], 07/25/2019
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"Arctic Scientists Worried as Alaska Universities Face 40% Funding Cut" [16]

"The University of Alaska Fairbanks is a hub for Arctic climate research, and a magnet for top scientists and international collaborations—and it's in trouble. Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy has slashed the university system's state funding by more than 40 percent, and efforts in the legislature to restore the money have so far failed."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [10]
Science [17]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [18], 07/22/2019
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"Alaska's Heat Wave Fuels Dangerous Smoke, Melts Glaciers" [19]

"Alaska’s heat wave is driving wildfires and melting glaciers, choking the state’s biggest cities with smoke and bloating rivers with meltwater."

Climate Change [2]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: Reuters [20], 07/02/2019
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Dramatic Ocean Warming Off Alaska Raises Concerns For Hunters, Wildlife [21]

"Exceptionally warm ocean temperatures have melted sea ice off Alaska’s coasts far earlier than normal this year, alarming scientists and rural residents worried about the impacts to seals, seabirds and fish they hunt."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [23]
Wildlife [14]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [24], 06/27/2019
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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [25]

While environmental journalists often focus on regulatory wrestling matches in Washington, D.C., a seasoned New York Times investigative reporter argues the most important stories are those in the real communities where bureaucratic impacts are felt. Three-time Pulitzer winner Eric Lipton makes the case for public service in journalism that tells the environment story from the outside in.

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Southeast Alaska Experiencing First Recorded Extreme Drought [47]

"Alaska’s wettest region is experiencing an extreme drought for the first time in recorded history, climate scientists say."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [48], 05/28/2019
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June 26, 2019

DEADLINE: IJNR's Bristol Bay Institute [49]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists on an expenses-paid learning expedition to Alaska, Aug 31-Sep 7, 2019, to explore topics including mining in the Bristol Bay watershed; fisheries management; Indigenous sovereignty and resources management; climate change and its impacts on the region; land use issues; and more. Apply by Jun 26.

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Climate Change [2]
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Fish & Fisheries [22]
Journalism & Media [34]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [53]
Water & Oceans [37]
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Alaska and Hawaii [6]

"Logging Plan For Alaska's Tongass National Forest Challenged In Court" [54]

"Environmentalists in Alaska filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block a Trump administration plan to open vast swaths of the nation’s largest national forest to logging, nearly a third of it in old-growth timber."

Activism [55]
Forests [4]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [6]
Source: Reuters [56], 05/08/2019
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Protecting Journalists from Attack, Info Row at Interior, PIO Standards and More [57]

Do we need a bill to criminalize attacks against those who report the news? Some Dems in Congress think so. And the Interior Department is at the center of a conflicts over freedom of information involving lobbying contacts with the newly confirmed secretary. The latest WatchDog has those developments, plus more.

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Policy [35]
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