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Discusses the medicinal properties of the devil's club plant. Use by Native Alaskans; Member of the ginseng family; Spines, leaves, berries; Bitter-taste; Description of the plant and its growing range; Use in cooking; Kodiak teacher Ron Gibbs' investigation of the plant's possible commercial value.

Discusses University of Alaska (Fairbanks) researchers' use of microbes to combat toxic mining waste and black scruff fungus, a potato disease. Experiments with the `Trichoderma' fungus conducted by Dr. Jenifer Huang McBeath of the university's School of Agriculture; `Rhizoctonia solani,' the black scruff fungus; Research conducted by Dr. Peggy J. Arps and Dr. Michael Nelson of the university's School of Mineral Engineering; Naturally occurring bacteria that destroy cyanide.

Discusses the Alaska Department of Fish and Games' new regulation defining the physical differences between `bairdi' and `opilio' Bering Sea tanner crabs. Eye color and mouth shape; Hybrids of the two species; Citations against fishermen taking undersized crabs.

Discusses preparations for this March's Alaska-Chukotka Great Dog Sled Race from Nome, Alaska to Anadyr, Russia. Describes last year's race called Hope'91. Last year's winner Kate Persons of Kotzebue, Alaska; International group of racers, including Russians, American, Canadians, Swiss, and Norwegians.

Gives results of a one-year survey conducted to determine Alaska Natives' attitudes toward tourism. The survey was conducted by Alaska's Division of Tourism and the Community Enterprise Development Corp. of Alaska. The 12 regional Native corporations; Sealaska's high interest in tourism; Regions with moderate to good and fair or poor rankings.

Tells how Anchorage, Alaska, resident Doug Tanner, Sgt. Art Paul, an Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Protection officer and Ken Pitcher, an Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist, freed a young bull moose that had become entangled in the swing set from Tanner's backyard. The fall rutting season; Use of a tranquilizing gun.

Reports that a weak world market for pink salmon led to salmon giveaways in Anchorage, Whittier and other southern Alaska cities. Salmon given to the former Soviet Union and the Food Bank of Alaska; Hard times for local fisherman.

Reports on the First Great International Overland Expedition's July 1991 round-trip drive from Fairbanks, Alaska to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on the Dalton Highway. Purpose of the trip; Alaska Governor Walter J. Hickel's plans to open the state-owned road to public travel; The US Bureau of Land Management; Reaction of Native leaders.