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Elderly flee as floods put Southwest Alaska villages on notice

Print Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:17 Written by Alex DeMarban


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Residents of Kwethluk arrive at the Bethel airport on May 13, 2012. Photo: George Coyle, State of Alaska. Alaska Dispatch
In what may be final death throes of a vicious Alaska winter, communities along the Kuskokwim River are on high alert after spring breakup sent floodwaters pouring into the village of Kwethluk on Monday. 

The worst of the flooding in the Yup'ik village of 740, a short boat ride upriver from Bethel, raced in Monday morning and drained out that evening, sweeping everything it could along with it, said Elia Epchook, a volunteer for the local rescue squad.

The Kwethluk River normally flows into the Kuskokwim near the village, but the Kuskokwim is chocked with ice.

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Betting on Alaska's Cook Inlet oil and gas plays continues Wednesday

Print Wednesday, 16 May 2012 09:08 Written by Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch


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Cook Inlet rig. Alaska Dispatch
Heightened interest in Cook Inlet's oil and gas -- fueled by generous tax terms, new discovery announcements and an important new player -- is expected to continue Wednesday morning at what will be among the largest lease sales in inlet history.

Some have long speculated Cook Inlet has the potential to be a sleeper hit, saying it was overlooked decades ago as explorers turned their attention to Alaska's North Slope, home to the biggest oil field on the continent.

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U.S. groups sue over seismic tests in beluga habitat

Print Wednesday, 16 May 2012 08:58 Written by The Associated Press


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Aurora, a 20-year-old Beluga whale, swims with her calf at the Vancouver Aquarium in 2009. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Alaska village among plaintiffs in lawsuit against fisheries service

A lawsuit challenging petroleum exploration in Alaska's Cook Inlet, was filed Tuesday by four groups, including an Alaska Native village, that claim seismic testing will harm endangered beluga whales.

The plaintiffs are the Native Village of Chickaloon, Natural Resources Defence Council, Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Water Advocacy.

They claim the National Marine Fisheries Service improperly issued exploration permits to Apache Alaska Corp. for high-intensity seismic exploration.

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Arctic sea ice melt slowed last month. But for how long?

Print Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:37 Written by Doug O'Harra, Alaska Dispatch


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NASA image of Arctic sea ice. Photo: NASA. Alaska Dispatch
Slap on a chunk of ice nearly the size of Texas.

The extent of frozen floes on the polar ocean covered more territory than any April since 2001. It spanned about 5.7 million square miles, almost matching the average pack size for the month seen during the past 34 years.

To put that in perspective, the frozen ocean included about 240,000 square miles of extra turf compared to the same month in 2011 — an area almost the size of Texas.

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Flooding threat wanes across Alaska

Print Tuesday, 08 May 2012 10:55 Written by Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch


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As the Kuskokwim River broke up in early May of 1012, some chunks of river ice were on the road at the end of the village's runway. Aniak is on the south bank of the Kuskokwim river, about 92 miles northest of Bethel. Photo: Cheryl Jerabeck. Alaska Dispatch.
Outsized fears of flooding prompted by winter's epic snowfall across much of Alaska have given way to relief in many of the state's riverside villages: A cold spring has helped ice and snow melt gracefully.

But river forecasters and villagers remain worried about two major areas in Western Alaska -- the lower Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers -- where river ice remains thick.

Villagers in Lower Kalskag on the Kuskokwim River said they were braced for rising back-flow because ice slabs seemed to be jamming up downriver.

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