This past spring in False Pass and Unimak Island, the weather was far better than in the previous year. Of course we still had a 70 knot storm and occasional snowy days, but we also had a good share of days the wind blew less than 15 knots... great for this wild country. [READ MORE]

EVOS Recovery Project Final Report is available for download from the EVOS Trustee Council web site. [DOWNLOAD]

Along with its regular work advising the government, the federal Marine Mammal Commission was to review evidence "that rogue packs of killer whales" are wiping out discrete populations of the most endangered marine mammals. [READ MORE]

"In the ongoing debate over what's causing the decline of Alaska's Steller sea lions, researchers have studied everything from nutritional stress to climate change. Now researchers have turned their attention to killer whales. As Doug Schneider reports in this week's Arctic Science Journeys Radio, scientists say the chance to see if killer whales are eating too many sea lions is also a chance to learn more about killer whales themselves." - Doug Schneider [READ MORE]