Protecting people and polar bears from each other
It is an age old problem but one that has been getting worse with global warming. Polar bears need sea
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conservation
Swedish wolves need more genetic diversity: study
A new report commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency says Sweden needs at least 300 wolves to maintain a
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Fishermen receive environmental award for competition boycott in North Finland
The Ympäristöavaus 2015 award has been given to the Finnish Federation for Recreational Fishing for its part in helping preserve
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Sweden’s controversial bear hunt season begins
The bear hunting season starts today and up to 300 animals can be shot in Sweden until the end of the
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Project brings salmon back to Swedish river
Some 15 years ago, officials were alarmed by the rapid decline of wild salmon populations in Sweden’s Vindel River but
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Snowy owls flock to western Sweden
More than a dozen snowy owls have been seen nesting in western central Sweden, the largest number in more than 30 years. Swedish Radio’s local
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Alaska: Bristol Bay sockeye’s prey quality affected by ocean temperature
Having healthy and plentiful returns of salmon each season is an important issue to subsistence, sport and commercial fishermen alike.
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Harbor seals on the rebound in Sweden
Harbor seals are making a comeback in Sweden. According to the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, the number
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Enough M’Clintock Channel polar bears to increase hunting quota?
The first of a three-part polar bear count in Nunavut’s Kitikmeot region has wrapped up, but it will be impossible
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Fishing ban hits parts of Sweden’s west coast
The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management has imposed a three-week fishing ban off parts of the country’s western
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Fighting to protect bird habitat in North America’s boreal forest
Billions of birds are returning from the South to North American’s boreal forests where they’ll be nesting this spring. But
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COMMENTARY – Fuzzy math of Alaska subsistence: Too many people, not enough fish, game
Alaska’s long, difficult, subsistence struggle was back before the Alaska Boards of Fish and Game last week with the many
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Muskoxen on the move in Northwest Alaska
In 2009, researchers attached 121 radio-tracking collars to adult female muskoxen in Northwest Alaska, part of an in-depth study intended
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Biodiversity report singles out Canada’s North
When people think of biodiversity hotspots, it’s often places like the Amazon or the tropics that come to mind. But
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