The American College of Sports Medicine almost two decades ago recognized this and launched “Exercise is Medicine” as “a global health initiative,” but it has done little or nothing to sell the idea ...

Musher now banned on two continents Banned first by the now defunct Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race that once ran for 1,000 miles through the frozen heart of Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon Ter… ...

Court rejects federal fisheries takeover Inspired by the belief of the outlaw Roland Maw that federal law dictates all salmon in Cook Inlet be managed to produce the maximum return of sockeyes to t… ...

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The coming year marks the 30th anniversary of the state of Alaska’s attempt to control world salmon markets by banning fish farming in the 49th state. It would seem an appropriate time to review what ...

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which for years put up with the antics of Cat in the Hat-musher Hugh Neff, has now banned him, but won’t say why. Neff says he got a letter from the race tu… ...

Hatchery tax to fund study of ocean takeover? In what might be one of the bluntest, to-the-point abstracts every to top a fisheries science paper, a pair of Canadian scientists and a Seattle collea… ...

The benefits and the cost Twenty-five-years ago economist Steve Colt wrote an “economic history” of “Salmon Fish Traps in Alaska” that ended with this line: “It may be time for Alaskans to reconsider ...

Alaska salmon farmers who annually turn almost 2 billion hatchery fish loose to feed on the pastures of the North Pacific Ocean finally appear to have caught the attention of Canadians who’ve for ...

To start with, the studies as to the association between alcohol consumption and cancer are unclear. “Light to moderate drinking is associated with minimally increased risk of overall cancer. For men ...

Alaska’s Empty Interior Umpenhour was by then well-connected to many among the relatively few people trying to survive in tiny villages and small, private outposts along the Yukon. A U.S. Marine in ...

With a record number of pedestrians dead in Anchorage last year, the state Department of Transportation has proposed a new, high-speed roadway through the heart of the state’s largest city. Mainly, ...