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The article discusses the implications of the proposed strip mine that would destroy the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska. John Shivery, chief executive officer of the Pebble Ltd. Partnership is planning to mine copper, gold and molybdenum in the pebble deposit under the headwaters of the Kvichak and the Nushagak salmon rivers. Audubon Alaska executive director Nils Warnock says that the mines will put at risk 27 globally Important Bird Areas.

The article discusses the war on predators in Alaska under Governor Sarah Palin. The war on predators broadened and included bears, skinned wolf and carcasses. In March 10, 2009, Palin's Board of Game, which creates regulations and sets policy for the state Department of Fish and Game, authorized aerial gunning from helicopters. In 2007, Palin introduced her Active Management/Airborne Shooting Bill to legalize same-day airborne sport hunting of black and grizzly bears and the selling of tanned bear hides. Other Alaska governors who sought a wider war on predators are noted. Also mentioned is the surprise air strikes by Palin in the Upper Yukon-Tanana Wolf Control Area.

Reports on the threats to the Tongass forest in Alaska from the logging industry and its political influences. Description of forest and its wildlife; Profile of politicians Don Young, Ted Stevens and Frank Murkowski; Legislations affecting the forest and the community dependent on it; Environmental vigilance from concerned groups.

Discusses the environmental degradation of Alaska due to mining. Placer mining's effects; Wide deposits of silt; Elimination of fishes from mined streams; Birch Creek's embeddedness; Release of toxic chemicals; Silted lakes unable to support fish or waterfowl; Alaskan government's efforts at reducing the degradation.

Argues against the Alaskan local government's plan of killing wolves. Governor Wally Hickel's support of the Strategic Wolf Management Plan; Manipulating nature for production of a few commercially valuable wildlife species; Fish and Game's move to reauthorize and refund scientific wolf control; Violation of the federal Airborne Hunting Act; Genuine subsistence as the most environmentally benign of all lifestyles; Defending the ecosystems.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including one about the promotion of Minnesota's local products, another about the addition of a new section on Alaska adventure, and a reader's gratitude to the magazine for being not only for the consummate Alaska lover, but also for Alaska sportsmen as well.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including an article about the death of Harmon Helmericks, "Election Day Blues," and "Derby Fever."