Eagle NewsLocal news for Eagle, AK continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.40 Mile caribou herd crossing near Dawson- October 29, 2007 "I wouldn't say they're trying to avoid hunters as much as the herd is now large enough that it occupies enough of its traditional range, which includes Canada, so it's spread out more" Thousands of "visitors" from Alaska's 40 Mile caribou herd have crossed the border into the Yukon in recent weeks, and U.S. wildlife officials hope the herd's Canadian foray will become a regular occurrence. via CBChttp://www.topix.net/city/eagle-ak/2007/10/40-mile-caribou-herd-crossing-near-dawson?fromr... Outside company testing Cook Inlet tides as energy source- October 28, 2007 "The fish would sense it as a solid object" Port McKenzie sits in Cook Inlet. A Massachusetts-based company is testing the possibilities of installing a tidal power turbine into the waters of Cook Inlet to harness the strong tides in the waters. via Alaska Journal of Commercehttp://www.topix.net/city/eagle-ak/2007/10/outside-company-testing-cook-inlet-tides-as-ene... Chicken's historic gold dredge demolished and dumped- October 15, 2007 "It was done for safety purposes" A rich piece of Alaska's gold mining history is sitting in a dump in Tok after being demolished because the Bureau of Land Management deemed it dangerous. via Clarion Dispatchhttp://www.topix.net/city/eagle-ak/2007/10/chickens-historic-gold-dredge-demolished-and-du... Chum take off in fall run - finally- October 11, 2007 "When they were three weeks late we were thinking, 'Oh man, it's going to be poor,'" A late surge in the Yukon River's fall chum salmon run has state fisheries biologists re-calculating the size of this year's return to the Yukon and Tanana rivers. via Fairbanks Daily Newsminerhttp://www.topix.net/city/eagle-ak/2007/10/chum-take-off-in-fall-run-finally?fromrss=1 |