Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Rocks, roads and wilderness maintenance: 'Ghosts of Distant Trees' shifts the framing of mythical Alaska

‘I’ve tried and failed to be a cheerleader for the pure abstraction of wilderness,” Erica Watson writes in “Ghosts of Distant Trees,” her debut essay collection, “but I always find myself drawn back ...
WESA

Beneath Alaskan Wildfires, A Hidden Threat: Long-Frozen Carbon's Thaw

The Fish Creek Fire in Interior Alaska isn't much to look at. It's about 7,500 acres in size, sitting about an hour south of Fairbanks near the twisty Tanana River. The main fire front — the ...
The New York Times

Tree Lovers in the South Grieve Ice Storm’s Toll

The ice that fell during last month’s storm was unsparing: It decimated magnolias, oaks and other species in wealthy suburban enclaves, rural communities and urban parks. The ice that fell during last ...
NPR

In Alaska, wildlife managers are killing grizzlies in an attempt to save caribou

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Max Graham, a writer for High Country News, about Alaska's declining caribou population, and the state's plan to save them by shooting predators like grizzlies and wolves.