Spearing Whitey: Barbaric But Fun

Daily DrakeBy Tom BieOctober 21, 2010Leave a comment

FAIRBANKS, AK—Love them or loathe them, there’s little denying that whitefish are delicious straight out of the smoker. Alaska’s Chatanika River whitefish season is open until Oct. 24. Time to get out and sharpen your spears. “Granted, prehistoric man didn’t have the luxury of neoprene chest waders and chopper mitts to combat the cold or a…

Rare Stonefly to Share Polar Bear Status

Daily DrakeBy Tom BieOctober 21, 2010Leave a comment

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MT—Climate change and the rapidly retreating ice fields of GNP have a new poster child. Meet, Lednia tumana—a rare aquatic stonefly about to be listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. According to reports “although the fly lacks the polar bear’s force of personality and is unlikely to capture hearts and minds with the same…