Environment

Property owners urged to watch out for damage caused by erosion.

This year’s break-up season shows above-average flood potential.

AK House of Representatives declares NPS is overstepping its boundary and putting Alaska’s rights at risk.

The state of Alaska argues the western border of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was incorrectly surveyed by BLM.

The Biden administration has given approval for three out of the proposed five drilling sites in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska.

DEC writes draft regulations in response to the push for nuclear-microreactors in Alaska

The EPA announces disapproval of Alaska's emission plan imposing possible sanctions.

Sockeye salmon see a record harvest in 2022, helping to reduce the value lost in the 2022 all species harvest for Alaskan salmon.

Green Star of Interior Alaska, a local non-profit promoting recycling within the community, has taken on management of the Fairbanks facility.

The facility was initially closed on July 1 when the contract with its operator ended.

Fairbanks International Airport received an environmental award for their leadership in PFAS mitigation strategies.

The animals have all been fitted with radio collars, and their movement will be tracked in the future.

Golden Valley Electric Association to host board meeting for members on Monday, June 27.

Life is returning to the Interior with the arrival of spring, and that includes the birth of adorable reindeer calves.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Large Animal Research Station recently received 40 Wood Bison as part of a repopulation program.

Ash from Russian volcano has moved over open waters of the eastern Pacific, but Volcanic Ash Advisories remain in effect as aircraft need to continue to stay away from the ash.

ConocoPhillips Alaska says a shallow gas reservoir that a waste disposal well had come into contact with was the source of a natural gas release first detected last month at one of its North Slope drill sites.

The natural gas leak that was detected at a North Slope oilfield operated by ConocoPhillips Alaska on Friday is still ongoing, and the cause is still being investigated. The company evacuated employees from the area on Monday.

Due to the winter storms that hit Alaska, moose are seeking easier territory to tread which can cause them to become aggressive if challenged.

Fairbanks will likely be able to witness a partial lunar eclipse for six hours Thursday night, the longest one in nearly 600 years.

Golden Valley Electric Association is installing electric vehicle charging stations with plans to expand utilizing more stations in the future.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center has launched the "Fresh Eyes on Ice" project to public participation.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has recently launched a radio telemetry study to track the life history of arctic grayling.

The Alaska Earthquake Center has had their interest piqued by the earthquake that occurred on Monday, September 13th due to its close proximity to other quakes in the past.

Fairbanks is a town founded on gold mining, but a recent project to search for gold in the area is causing alarm among some residents. Felix Gold and Milrock Resources are in a strategic partnership to explore for gold in the Fairbanks area.

With temperatures in the upper 80′s, Fairbanks is seeing record hot weather. According to the National Weather Service, Monday had a high of 88 that broke an over 100 year old record from 1919. Tuesday once again broke the record with an official high of 90, three degrees higher than the previous record.

With fire season still in effect, The Alaska Department of Fish and Game explains the positive and negative effects wildfires have on the environment in the Interior.

The DEC asks that people report spills they encounter directly to the agency as soon as possible.

A split federal appeals court panel has sent back for further legal review a 2019 decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw proposed restrictions on large-scale mining in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region.

Both Republican and Democratic senators are pressing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for answers after a federal court blocked the Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.