On August 20, 2025, in Yukon Flats, Alaska, USA, @backcountry.alaska shared a video capturing a striking memory from a flight over the Brooks Range, where the wreckage of a “flying boxcar” still lies ...

Every spring, millions of ducks touch down on Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a spread of muskeg and dark water the size of Maryland. These days, more ruddy ducks seem to be among them. Recent ...

Every spring, the shallow ponds and spruce forests of the Yukon Flats, in Interior Alaska, stir with the flapping of scoters and scaups, the laugh-like yelps of white-fronted geese and the ...

Apr. 9—Later this spring, barges of heavy equipment will pull away from a launch on Alaska's road system and begin a journey up the Yukon River. More than 100 miles upstream, a tributary, Birch Creek, ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed a new assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Yukon Flats region of east-central Alaska. The assessment indicates the probable ...

A 1,000-gallon diesel spill earlier this month near the Yukon River has prompted renewed objections to plans by a privately held oil company to drill in the region later this year. The truck was ...

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Yukon river residents are not able to make dry fish from chum and chinook for the year in a row. (Shane Iverson/KYUK) The Yukon River covers a lot of ground on its nearly 2,000 mile journey to the sea ...