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		<title>EPA Studies Waste Discharges Generated by Smaller Non-Recreational Vessels</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boats can and do discharge a variety of substances into the marine environment. Among these discharges are effluent from engine operations, liquid graywater wastes generated by laundry, galley and shower use, and washdown water from cleaning decks, bilges and fish holds. ]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Cape Spencer Light &#8211; Guarding the Entrance of Cross Sound and Glacier Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inside Passage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historic Cape Spencer Light is located on Cape Spencer at the entrance of Cross Sound and Icy Strait from the outside waters of the Gulf of Alaska. It is found inside the boundaries of Glacier Bay National Park. Cross Sound marks the northern exit for vessels traveling along the Inside Passage of Southeast Alaska. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diagnosis: Mercury &#8211; Money, Politics, and Poison</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Wild Seafood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living in the North has its benefits and for the most part it&#8217;s a healthy place to live. One unique health factor is our overwhelming consumption of seafood, enjoying the highest per capita consumption of fish and shellfish of any state in the union. Seafood provides incredible nutritional value, with its high protein content, heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercury and Guidelines for Fish Consumption</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/environment/mercury-guidelines-fish-consumption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Wild Seafood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alaskan&#8217;s have become increasingly aware of the relationship of mercury and fish consumption. Much of this awareness is the result of efforts made by activists like Dr. Jane Hightower MD, who recently had her book Diagnosis Mercury: Money, Politics, and Poison published. State public health officials continue to emphasize how important the benefits of eating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoy Alaska Wild Seafood: Visit the Great Land Vicariously by Enjoying Alaskan Fish and Seafood</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/wildlife/enjoy-alaska-wild-seafood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Halibut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sockeye Salmon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spot Shrimp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wild seafood and fish are staples of the diet in Alaska. Thousands come to the Great Land to pursue the State&#8217;s plentiful halibut, shrimp, and salmon. Fish stocks in Alaska are managed on a sustainable basis and make for healthy fare. Here are a few suggestions for preparing wild Alaska seafood in your own home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking on the Tongass National Forest</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/trails/hiking-on-the-tongass-national-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Add new tag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Packpacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southeast Alaska]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At more than 17 million acres in size, the Tongass National Forest located in Southeast Alaska is the largest forest administered in the overall national forest system. The Tongass is world renowned for its old growth temperate rain forests covered with enormous Sitka spruce, Hemlock fir, and Yellow cedar. These forests protect watersheds that support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears &#8211; Its History and Future</title>
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		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/wildlife/agreement-conservation-polar-bears-history-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems the land of Polar bears is rich in acronyms. Initial efforts to better understand the bears had a formal start in Fairbanks, Alaska with the establishment of the Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) in 1965.]]></description>
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		<title>Wolf Control in Alaska</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/wildlife/wolf-control-alaska/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wolves]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of aerial control of wolf populations in Alaska is divisive at best. Well intentioned people have sharply different views of the debate.]]></description>
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		<title>Earthquake Monitoring and Reporting in Alaska – The Alaska Earthquake Information Center</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/environment/alaska-earthquake-information-center/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/environment/alaska-earthquake-information-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alaska Legislature established the Alaska Earthquake Information Center (AEIC) by statute in 1986. Home of the second greatest earthquake recorded in 1964 and the most seismically active state in the Union, Alaska has a selfish interest in monitoring earthquake activity within the state.]]></description>
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		<title>A Review of Wild Seafood Sustainability Certification Programs</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/marine-ecosystems/wild-seafood-sustainability-certification-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/marine-ecosystems/wild-seafood-sustainability-certification-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Wild Seafood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several Alaska fisheries, like those directed at the five species of Pacific salmon are certified as sustainable by a group known as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and bear an ecolabel that can easily be recognized by seafood consumers.]]></description>
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