Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act – Kawerak Comments
On December 20, 2019 Kawerak Inc. released the following letter in response to the Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act, S.2786. RE: Arctic Shipping [...]
Harmful Algae Bloom Fact Poster
Partners from the Alaska Sea Grant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Alaska HAB Network, Alaska Ocean Observing System, NOAA and North Slope Borough worked together [...]
Article Published on Vessel Waste Streams in Bering Sea
Marine Advocate Austin Ahmasuk contributed to the recently published article "Quantifying and mitigating three major vessel waste streams in the northern Bering Sea". The [...]
Climate Change Letter to Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Kawerak was requested to submit our views regarding the impact of climate change on the Bering Strait Region communities. As the National Climate Assessment [...]
Kawerak Comments on IPOP
Kawerak has been closely monitoring IPOP application activity in the highly sensitive area of the Bonanza Channel based on the Native Allotment and Tribal [...]
Marine Safety Task Force To Conduct Inspections In Bering Strait
Commercial fishing vessels, bulk oil storage facilities and ports in the Bering Strait and across Alaska will be inspected this summer by the Marine [...]
BLM Preferred Land Use Plan Alternative Would Open Development in Currently Undeveloped Subsistence Lands – Comment Period Open Until June 13th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2019 Contact: Austin Ahmasuk, Kawerak, Inc. Marine Advocate aahmasuk@kawerak.org, (907) 443-4368 BLM Preferred Land Use Plan Alternative Would [...]
Revised Draft Port of Nome Modification Published
The Alaska District, United States Army Corps of Engineers Publishes Revised Draft Port of Nome Modification As the Arctic becomes warmer, new threats are [...]
Shaktoolik Successfully Practices Administration of Life-Saving Medication
On April 10th the State of Alaska released a public service announcement stating the Pneumonic Plague was confirmed in Alaska to indicate the commencement [...]
Award Bolsters Essential Protections of the Bering Sea
Kawerak Inc. is pleased to announce receipt of a multi-year grant award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The charitable purpose of this [...]