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New film documents community resilience in Western Alaska

By Tom Moran | December 11, 2025
A man in camouflage top, large backpack and red hat hold a camera and microphone. He is interviewing an older man in jeans, black down jacket, sunglasses and baseball cap. It is fall and they stand in dead brown grass along a wide river.

A new short film details ways that residents in Western Alaska are responding constructively to changes to their local environment. “Cumikluten (Pay Attention)” is a 36-minute documentary produced by POLARIS,…

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Kotlik project works to clean up and reduce marine waste

By Alaska Sea Grant | November 24, 2025
Six workers in white hazmat gear and orange life jackets stand on the shore of a river. Several of the people are picking up trash. Debris litters the shore, including several large logs, pieces of waterlogged wood, and a large wooden platform. The shore is covered in tall grass and in the distance are the small houses and public buildings of the village of Kotlik.

Aubrey Taradash and Tom Moran contributed to this story. An old tarp or battery is generally not considered a prize haul. But such was the case in Kotlik, where a…

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Social science students experience East Greenland

By Alaska Sea Grant | November 12, 2025
A group photo of college-age students and older adults in two rows wearing matching black shirts. Behind them is a small village of colorful Nordic cabins perched on rocky tundra. Dramatic mountains rise in the background beneath a cloudy sky.

A dozen social science students from three nations learned firsthand about the people and places of East Greenland through a summer field school co-led by Alaska Sea Grant faculty Davin…

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New community-led marine debris removal projects

By Alaska Sea Grant | October 1, 2025
Man on rocky beach with waves crashing in background. He is pulling apart marine debris mostly consisting of large commercial fishing lines and nets that are tangled in driftwood and reeds on the shoreline.

Alaska Sea Grant announced six new projects to address marine debris in Alaska. Selected through a competitive funding opportunity for community-led marine debris removal projects, these projects are supported by…

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Community-Engaged Fellowship spotlight: Deagen Carey

By Alaska Sea Grant | September 10, 2025
Close up photo of woman smiling at camera. Glasses are pushed up on her head and it looks like she is sitting in a boat.

Deagen Carey, a recent graduate with a degree in environmental science from the University of Portland, returned to her home town of Anchorage this summer. She looked at how environmental…

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Plastic Free July: Fishermen take action for cleaner coasts

By Alice van Veenendaal | July 16, 2025
Group of volunteers collecting marine debris in large bags on a sandy beach in Alaska. Three boats are in the water behind them.

Plastic Free July is a global movement to reduce single-use plastics, much of which end up in streams, rivers, and oceans. In Alaska, we’re partnering with leaders in coastal communities…

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Coastal villages consider alternative adaptation strategies

By Alaska Sea Grant | June 20, 2025
photo of ice in ocean at sunset with a mountain in background

Tribes across the Arctic have inhabited their lands for thousands of years, relying on the land and wild resources that provide spiritual, subsistence, and economic value. At the same time,…

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Expanding to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region

By Alice van Veenendaal | June 4, 2025
A woman smiles as the sun hits her face, her brown hair flows in the wind and she wears a teal windbreaker.

Alaska Sea Grant has hired Katie Basile as a new specialist to serve the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region. Basile will focus on supporting communities in responding to a changing environment, including…

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Tribal and fishing communities share strategies for adapting to change

By Alaska Sea Grant | May 22, 2025
Very blue image of sky, mountains and commercial fishing boat in the water somewhere in Coastal Alaska. White birds are flying over water.

Rapid change in Gulf of Alaska fisheries are disrupting established subsistence and commercial fishing practices that thousands of Alaskans depend on for food, livelihood and cultural well-being. Regional community organizations,…

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Interactive website supports resilience in rural Alaska

By Jake Cohen | February 19, 2025
A truck drives through floodwater in Bethel, Alaska. Water surrounds houses and powerlines.

The broad range of environmental impacts affecting rural Alaska have prompted greater investment in resilience planning. While agencies and researchers are collecting environmental data around Alaska to assist resilience planning…

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