Obama Administration Strikes Another Economic Blow Against Alaska - China Story Coming

Obama Administration Strikes Another Economic Blow Against Alaska – China Story Coming

…story coming Friday on this week’s Alaska World Trade Center Luncheon Speaker, Consul General Gao Zhansheng.

ADN by Elizabeth Bluemink. Federal regulators on Tuesday proposed designating more than 3,000 square miles of Cook Two beluga whales roll to the surface of Knik Arm near Point Woronzof in August 2007. Where they're swimming is within the critical habitat area proposed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Dec. 1, 2009. Inlet as critical habitat for the Inlet’s beluga whales.The proposed rule would provide an additional layer of protection for the roughly 300 remaining Cook Inlet belugas that were listed as endangered in October 2008, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "It means that we are looking more broadly than the species. We’re also looking at its habitat," said Kaja Brix, director of protected resources for the Alaska office of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service.