Frank Rue

The Tulsequah Chief mine needs — finally, after almost 70 years — to be properly reclaimed. The Taku deserves better.

The Board of Game and ADF&G leadership can do better. The public and Alaska’s wildlife resources deserve better.

Background checks don’t infringe on the Second Amendment and they do save lives.

Without clear science-based standards, each person’s judgment as to what constitutes “proper protection” can be different. Some administrations have shown strong support for salmon habitat protection. Others have emphasized competing uses over salmon.

OPINION: The proposal to remove the Middle Fork of the Chuitna River for 25 years and then put it back together as a wild salmon stream is a pipe dream; it will not work. And that risk to salmon is unacceptable.

OPINION: It's up to Alaskans. Should we give 400,000 visitors a reasonable chance of seeing a wild wolf in Denali National Park, or give one or two trappers a slightly larger area to trap?