ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District's Regulatory Division closed its Kenai Field Office Sept. 23 located in Soldotna. While the physical office will no longer be operational, the staff remain committed to providing support and ensuring uninterrupted service to the community and stakeholders. Field office personnel will be availabl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Abalone may just be the coolest snail you've never heard of. Native to the Pacific Ocean, these marine gastropods sport a beautiful shell and a strong muscular "foot" they use to crawl and grip onto hard surfaces. Their range stretches from the U.S. West Coast from California to Alaska, and different species of abalone are found across the Pacific Ocean. Wherever abalone are found, they're s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska The Bureau of Land Management today announced an approximately $1.4 million investment through President Biden's Investing in America agenda, to gather data from large, interconnected upland, riparian, and wetland habitats across Alaska, in order to improve the Bureau's understanding of ecosystem resilience and how it changes over time. These funds are made   more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Master Sgt. Candice Davis, a military training instructor at Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, has achieved a dream she's held since high school. Her journey, however, has been anything but ordinary. Davis attended West High School in Anchorage, Alaska. She described herself as "hardworking and dedicated," but also "pretty quiet." "I spent most of my freshma  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey Western Fisheries Research Center issued the following report (No. 70255905) on July 1, 2024, entitled "Pacific Lamprey Responses to Stressors: Dewatering and Electrofishing". The report was written by Theresa L. Liedtke, Lisa K. Weiland, Joe Skalicky, Julie Harris, Monica R. Blanchard, Ann B. Grote, Ann E. Gray and Brian K. Ekstrom. * * * The Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative (PLCI) is a collaboration  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: The Justice Department announced yesterday more than $86.16 million in grants administered by the Tribal Affairs Division within the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to American Indian and Alaska Native communities to support survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. The grants provided through the Violence Against Women Act (VA  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: An Accidental Oyster Farmer On Alaska's Kodiak Island, in a nested bay, surrounded by green mountains, lies the city of Larsen Bay, population 34. It's in this remote community that Erik O'Brien was raised, fishing for salmon and spending time on the water. It's also where his farm, Kodiak Ocean Bounty, grows millions of oysters annually. "Kodiak Island is a marine economy," said O'Brien. "  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: In 2024, the NOAA Alaska Regional Office and the Alaska Fisheries Science Center continued supporting Alaska's aquaculture industry. Aquaculture, the process of growing organisms in the ocean, is a relatively young commercial industry that is poised for rapid growth in Alaska. Alaska's aquaculture industry consists of seaweed and invertebrate farming, with oysters, mussels, sugar, ribbon, and  more

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, Sept. 25 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on September 23, 2024. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. This Russian activity in the Alaska ADIZ occurs r  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Erica Ashley Huseby Sendai region, Japan -- The U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific-Asia traveled to the Sendai region of Japan on a mission to honor the victims and survivors of the earthquake and tsunami disaster that occurred on March 11, 2011, bringing with them the same spirit of hope and solidarity that first united them with the community 13 years ago. The band, along with The Greatlanders Jazz Band   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center have streamlined a method used to determine the amount of energy-rich fat in fish. As a result, the number of fish samples they are now able to analyze has substantially increased. Scientists have long regarded lipids (or fat) as the most important energy reserve for animals in marine ecosystems. They are more calorie-dense than proteins and   more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Spencer Hanson, 354th Fighter Wing U.S. Ambassador to Canada David L. Cohen engaged with Airmen during a tour at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sep. 13, 2024. During his tour, Ambassador Cohen visited units and Arctic communities that support the Alaskan Command and Alaskan NORAD Region, a joint U.S and Canadian organization which conducts homeland de  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.5 million grant to the Sitnasuak Native Corporation in Nome, Alaska, to support energy infrastructure improvements to bolster the resilience of the region's economy. This grant will support the installation of new fuel storage tanks t  more