~Filmmaker Dennis Zaki & the Mudflats Moose at the top of the world – Barrow, Alaska. next to the famous whale bone arch. Mudflatters may remember our friend and filmmaker Dennis Zaki.  We, and other progressive Alaskan blogs raised money to help send Dennis to the Yukon River village of Emmonak. Dennis flew to Emmonak [...]

Yukon Kings in the New York Times The New York Times has taken notice of the fishing woes of the Lower Yukon this year.  Officials with that department and the federal Fish and Wildlife Service, which jointly manage the fishery, say variations in ocean conditions related to climate change or natural cycles are probably the [...]

Ready for some fishy number crunching? The run of chinook (king) salmon up the Yukon river historically numbers about 250,000 fish.  Last year’s run was 180,000.  The year before was 175,000.  It takes a minimum of 170,000 fish to sustain the fishery for subsistence use, and to ensure that there are enough fish to repopulate [...]