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No gillnet openings have been announced for the lower Kuskokwim River after the opening on June 16. The 12-hour opening runs 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. from the river’s mouth, upstream to Aniak. The waters upstream of Aniak opened to gillnets full-time on June 12.

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May not be operated more than 100 feet from the ordinary high-water mark Must be spaced 150 feet apart from other set nets Must have an attached keg or buoy with the fisherman’s first initial, last name, and address Most years, federal managers relinquish control of the lower Kuskokwim River and allow the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to open it up 24/7 to gillnet fishing by early July. This year is different. Biologists are expecting a low king salmon run, similar to last year’s. But ...

当前，春耕播种已基本结束，大田作物进入田间管理阶段，为了减少农药包装废弃物对土地、沟塘水渠的污染，有效改善人居环境，保护绿水青山，逊河镇以“三个突出”为抓手，向农药包装废弃物收集处理聚焦发力，让农药瓶找到“回家的路”，不再“流浪”。突出宣传，抓好源头管控。提升农户环保意识、做好源头管理是农药包装废弃物集中整治的关键。

Credit Katie Basile / KYUK The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge has declared federal management of the lower Kuskokwim River king salmon harvest. The refuge, in consultation with the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, has announced gillnet openings for the first half of June for the waters of the lower Kuskokwim that flow through federal land. Set Net Openings There will be three set gillnet openings along the Kuskokwim River, from the mouth to the Yukon Delta National Wildlife R...

Concerns Raised over Possible Flooding in Western Alaska April 23, 2021 A heavy winter snowpack along the Kuskokwim River could make flooding likely this year in western Alaska, a federal weather official said. “I’m especially concerned about the lower villages” along the Johnson River, a tributary of the Kuskokwim, National Weather Service Hydrologist Celine Van Breukelen said. Her comments came Monday as more than 50 federal, state and local officials...

Heavy winter snowpack raises concerns about breakup flooding along Kuskokwim River Published 2 hours ago Share on Facebook Print article BETHEL - A heavy winter snowpack along the Kuskokwim River could make flooding more likely this year in Southwest Alaska, a federal weather official said. “I’m especially concerned about the lower villages” along the Johnson River, a tributary of the Kuskokwim, National Weather Service hydrologist Celine Van Breukelen said. Her comments came Monda...

By Mike Woods Wisconsin SHARE The PowerPoint presentation was meant to connect with and, maybe just a little, impress the curious and bright-eyed who sat before them. Pictured on the screen was a white-tail deer as teachers Leah Pautz and Bo Sahr explained to their Alaskan students that in Wisconsin, they would hunt these deer then drag them out of the woods. The students looked at each other, then ...