Apr. 9—Later this spring, barges of heavy equipment will pull away from a launch on Alaska's road system and begin a journey up the Yukon River. More than 100 miles upstream, a tributary, Birch Creek, ...

A section of the upper Yukon River flowing through the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is seen on Sept. 10, 2012. (Photo provided by National Park Service) A cyanide spill at a major gold mine ...

This reporting was supported by a Carnegie Foundation Fellowship. Writers Olivia Ebertz and Bathsheba Demuth boated more than 1,000 miles up and down the Yukon River last summer, hearing the stories ...

I live along the Yukon River, where my family has harvested salmon for countless generations. Every summer used to bring the ...

Without salmon, Gwichyaa Zhee is missing its heart. “It’s just no good,” said Linda Englishoe, sitting on the sofa in her house not far from the Yukon River. An elder now, Englishoe has lived in the ...

A group of Indigenous leaders, scientists and policy experts have proposed management actions to promote recovery of Yukon River salmon and manage their harvest more equitably. The proposals include a ...

Salmon runs on the Yukon River continued to be anemic this year, federal and state agencies reported, and there are far too few fish reaching Canada to meet goals set in a treaty between that nation ...

After fueling up at the remote and pricey Yukon River Camp, I suited up in my Arctic gear to walk on the legendary frozen Yukon River. The silence is breathtaking. I show you the immense scale of the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - Last year, Alaska and Canada set a new, lower goal for the number of king salmon returning up the Yukon River and into Canada’s Yukon Territory, according to James ...

Yukon chinook and chum salmon have faced declines for years, but new assessments are shedding light on the status of smaller ...

“These aren’t the right kind of rocks,” Tony Fiorillo said, pointing at the jagged pink and black stones along Alaska’s Yukon River. The sun blazed down on Fiorillo on the 14th day of a 16-day ...