Alaska Salmon

It looks like 2012 will be the year of two salmons: one a genetically altered "Frankenfish" currently under review by the FDA, and the other an inhabitant of one of the world's last great wild salmon runs.

Bristol Bay demonstrates that some places should be left free of industrial development because their natural resource values, and the benefits they provide to people, outstrip short-term development values.

JUNEAU, Alaska — The group promoting a massive gold-and-copper prospect near Alaska's Bristol Bay said Tuesday they plan to press on with their ...

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The battle over a copper and gold mine near one of the world's premier salmon fisheries is headed to the ballot in a vote next week ...

The omega-3 essential fatty acids make salmon one of the brightest of superstars in the food firmament, offering myriad health benefits to people young and old.

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday claiming that all the permits obtained by the giant proposed Pebble Mine violate the Alaska constitution. Skulduggery surrounding Pebble Mine? Imagine that.

If the salmon are the collateral damage, then the losers of this war are those who have for thousands of years depended on the bounty of the Yukon.