community parternship – Alaska Sea Grant

Helping Halong recovery, one freezer at a time

By Tom Moran | February 24, 2026

A number of foods sit in a cardboard box in ziploc bags and shrink wrap, including salmon filets, salmon strips and other subsistence foods.

Ex-typhoon Halong couldn’t have come at a worse time for residents of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta—or for their freezers. “It’s fall time when the storms usually hit,” explained Katie Basile, Alaska…

Shaping the science on beaver expansion

By Kyle Kolda | February 12, 2026

Beavers may be new to the Arctic, but they’re already leaving their mark. The industrious rodents are expanding their range as a result of environmental change, pushing their way north…