Alaska Public Media

Alaska park managers are preparing for the loss of some of the state’s most iconic attractions: glaciers

Benjamin Pister, director of resource management at Kenai Fjords National Park, stands on July 5 at a spot where the trail was extended to allow visitors to get as close as possible to rapidly ...
Alaska Public Media

Park service mulls changes to management plan as Exit Glacier recedes

Exit Glacier has retreated so much that the management plan made in 2004 no longer makes sense for that part of the park. (Sabine Poux/KDLL) Exit Glacier has receded more than 2,300 feet since 2004.
Juneau Empire

2 rescued by park service near Exit Glacier

The National Park Service and Air National Guard rescued two people from a cliff face in a prohibited area of Kenai Fjords National Park on the Kenai Peninsula on Monday. According to a release from ...
KGUN 9

Climate change front and center for those who work in Alaska's glacier tourism industry

Rick Brown walks through Kenai Fjords National Park to a place where climate change's impact is hard to miss. “The changes to us have been bang, bang, bang," Brown says. "Every year it’s a different ...
Outside

Two Hikers Were Attacked by a Brown Bear in an Alaskan National Park

Two people drove themselves to a nearby emergency room after being attacked by a brown bear while hiking along the two-mile Exit Glacier Trail in Seward, Alaska. According to a news release from ...