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Margaret Bauman

Alaska Correspondent

Margaret Bauman is an Alaskan journalist focused on covering fisheries and environmental issues.

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Too early to tell if Copper River sockeye run will fall short of forecast

Nicole Baker, founder of Net Your Problem, on Egg Island in Alaska's Prince William Sound, with Nelly Hand of Drifters Fish, a Cordova, Alaska, seafood harvester and processor. The two-day plastics cleanup effort collected 5,500 pounds of debris for recycling. Photo courtesy of Drifters Fish.

Washed ashore and reborn: Fishing gear and plastics get new life

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Copper River harvest appears to be tracking below forecast

A Gillnet boat in Cordova, Alaska. Coleman Peebles photo - Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Copper River opener sockeye harvest well below forecast

David Grimes, an artist in Cordova, Alaska, and participant in the Arts for Nature project focused on protecting wild salmon habitat and the Prince William Sound/Copper River Delta bioregion. Photo by Paul Scannell.

International artists project advocates for wild salmon habitat

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Insurance bill for Alaska harvesters clears state legislature

Salmon Bliss Bowl at Chopped and Chowdered, which opened 14 months ago in Anchorage, is a hot seller on the restaurant's lunch and dinner menu. Photo by Margaret Bauman

Restaurant patrons yearn for taste of the wild

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Bill to make insurance more accessible to Alaska harvesters moving through Senate

Power Creek dam in Cordova, Alaska. Photo by Seed Media for Cordova Electric Cooperative.

Hydro dam powers Cordova, Alaska, while refurbishing salmon habitat