Wildfire Season Has Begun in Alaska; Some of 85 Active Blazes Cause Smoke to Drift Toward Nome
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Beth Ipsen with the Alaska Fire Service says “cluster fires” near Buckland and Kotzebue may bring smoky skies to Nome.
Cow Moose Off Limits in Unit 22D Remainder December Subsistence Hunt
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The Federal Subsistence Board approved an emergency special action to restrict the harvest limit to one antlered bull moose from Unit 22D remainder for the Dec. 1-31 season.
Wildfire Starts in Stebbins After Blaze Escapes Community Dump
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Beth Ipsen, spokesperson for the BLM Alaska Fire Service, says the fire became their priority when already-burning debris in the dump went rogue around 9:30 Friday night. By Tuesday morning, she says, the six emergency firefighters from a Grayling crew had finished mopping up the fire that escaped the dump.
Nineteen New Wildfires Appear in Western Alaska Within a Day
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Less than three miles away from Anvik, the Deadman’s Slough fire has spread to around 420 acres since Monday. Ipsen says the crew fighting this fire has increased in number and has contained 30% of the fire.
Wildfires Spread Through Alaska, One Within Miles of Anvik
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Deadman’s Slough is about three miles south of Anvik, where a fire, believed to be sparked by a lightning strike, has burnt through about 90 acres. At latest observation, winds were “blowing the fire away from the village, farther south,” says Beth Ipsen with the Alaska Fire Service.
Graphite One Says Their Western Alaska Mine Could Yield $1 Billion
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Graphite One says the proposed mine, near Teller, could yield a value of more than $1 billion and provide more than 4 million tons of material each year.