Alaska Brown Bears Gather for Salmon Feast
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Each summer, the falls at McNeil River turn into a mosh pit of bears. Instead of thumping music, it's the sound of salmon slapping their way up the falls at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary that sends the bears into a fishing frenzy.
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MIRAMICHI RIVER, New Brunswick  - Atlantic salmon  once teemed up the rivers of eastern Canada in staggering  numbers to spawn in an annual ritual that put the biological  richness of the region on full display.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Until now, the Alaskan oil industry and polar bears have coexisted peacefully, but proposals by the U.S. government to list polar bears as endangered by global warming have cast a shadow on oil development on Alaska's North Slope.
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What are the words used by indigenous peoples in the Arctic for "hornet," "robin," "elk," "barn owl" or "salmon?"
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By Kevin Klott, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  May 27--Thousands of Alaskans will leave Anchorage this weekend carrying fishing rods and the hope of starting their summer fishing season with a bang.   Unfortunately, cool weather has dampened many anglers' prospects.
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A brown bear looking for food in a Carpathian Mountains sanatorium overnight got more than he bargained for, staff said Wednesday.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland  - What are the words used by  indigenous peoples in the Arctic for "hornet," "robin," "elk,"  "barn owl" or "salmon?"
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By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times  May 31--Opportunities are everywhere for anglers, and now saltwater salmon fishing will be added to their slate.   The Tulalip bubble chinook fishery opens Friday, and early indications are good.
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By Craig Medred, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Feb. 18--Big Wild Life (if you can afford it)   That ought to be the subtext for the new marketing campaign for Anchorage.   Bear-viewing at Wolverine Creek. Flightseeing. King salmon fishing at what appears to be Clear Creek.
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Bob Hicks is taking a uniquely Alaskan gift to a Christmas party in New York City: hot and mild sausages made with reindeer meat.
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By Allen Thomas, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 12--Fall chinook salmon anglers in the lower Columbia River will have to wait until Wednesday to learn how many more days their season will last.
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By Mark Grossi, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 25--LOS BANOS -- A farm road runs through the shriveled San Joaquin River where chinook salmon are supposed to swim in seven years.
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For a rare visitor to  the volcanic Kamchatka peninsula in Russia&#39;s Far East, no other  custom reveals more about the local economy, lifestyle and  environment than salmon poaching.
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ANCHORAGE, May 28 -- A U.S. senator urged delegates of the International Whaling Commission to renew a five-year subsistence whaling quota for Alaska Native communities, calling it crucial to their society.
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Description: Conditions in the Bering Sea make any rescue attempt challenging for the Coast Guard in Alaska, which has responded to the grounded freighter near the Aleutian Islands.
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By Craig Medred, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Sep. 24--HEAD OF THE BAY -- On a sunny day in mid-September, the setting for stalking Whittier Creek silver salmon is simply idyllic.   The waters of Passage Canal are glass flat.
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By JOHN FLESHER  SENEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Mich. - Tracy Casselman runs a hand over the smooth, gray bark of an American beech, noting the scratch marks left by black bears that have clambered up the tree to munch nuts rich in fat and protein.