Amid an unprecedented collapse in Alaska Yukon River salmon, no one can say for certain why there are so few fish Last of three parts: For both summer and fall chum, around one-tenth of the normal ...

KVICHAK RIVER, Alaska — A screaming east wind was punching up big surf waves half a mile out on Lake Iliamna and scraping the top surface off the sandy shoreline where the lake opened up and ...

Chum salmon are important to the diets of Indigenous residents of Western Alaska. This year's run in the Kuskokwim River was better than those of the past two years, but scarcities remain a problem.

STEVENS VILLAGE, Alaska — In a normal year, the smokehouses and drying racks that Alaska Natives use to prepare salmon to tide them through the winter would be heavy with fish meat, the fruits of a ...

Dwindling Alaska salmon leave Yukon River tribes in crisis Oct. 2, 2021 Updated Sun., Oct. 3, 2021 at 9:01 p.m.

Michael Williams scans the shoreline for moose while traveling up the Yukon River on Sept. 14 near Stevens Village, Alaska. For the first time in memory, both king and chum salmon have dwindled to ...

For generations, Alaska Native people along the Yukon river have depended on a steady supply of salmon for a healthy source of protein to sustain them through the long winter. But king and chum ...

For generations the salmon runs on Yukon River have been a sustainable Source of healthy, wild food for communities along its length. But in recent years, those runs have crashed, causing closures ...

STEVENS VILLAGE, Alaska — In a normal year, the smokehouses and drying racks that Alaska Natives use to prepare salmon to tide them through the winter would be heavy with fish meat, the fruits ...

Michael Williams scans the shoreline for moose Sept. 14 while traveling up the Yukon River near Stevens Village, Alaska. For the first time in memory, both king and chum salmon have dwindled to ...

Two salmon species have all but disappeared from Alaska's Yukon River this year, prompting the state to shut down fishing in an effort to save them. June 6, 2025 contribute now ...