“We have a reimbursement transportation cost payment program, just because transportation costs here in the 49th State and particularly in remote areas such as Kodiak Island, are higher than being in the contiguous U.S," staff with the USDA-Farm Service Agency said.

July, 2024 was the coolest July Kodiak has seen since 2012 with temperatures averaging more than two degrees below normal. And just over two inches of rain fell in Kodiak all month.

Kelp Fest is three days of learning about and celebrating mariculture on the island and the ways it can be used in the future. It kicked off July 24 and ends July 26.

Last month Kodiak Island experienced its coolest May since 2012 and didn’t see a day with temperatures above 60 degrees the entire month.

Based on the permit application with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the two entities are looking at farming sugar kelp, dragon kelp, and split kelp.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Oscar Dyson left its homeport in Kodiak on April 1. The boat mostly provides insight into Alaska’s fish populations, from the Gulf of Alaska to the Bering Sea. The Oscar Dyson docked at Kodiak’s Pier 2 on March 31. Most of the day was foggy and misty …

There’s a new partnership to monitor Kodiak Island beaches for harmful algal blooms, which spread marine toxins like Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning. Academic, federal, and tribal entities are working to better understand which waters are most susceptible to the toxins. The project’s partners held a presentation about what they hope to find on Near Island …

As warmer spring weather approaches, and the snow continues to build in the backcountry on Kodiak Island, conditions are prime for avalanches. This week the Alaska Avalanche School will be in Kodiak to provide classes for residents who want to be safe when recreating in avalanche areas. Chris Bruno, one of the instructors with the …

Kodiak Island, like many places in Alaska, has dozens of historic military installations in need of cleanup, known as Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS). There are 533 total in Alaska, 138 of them are in need of cleanup. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in charge of the remediation of multiple sites across the …

Beaked whales are a rare sight and spend most of their lives deep in the ocean. But one was found dead on a beach near Kodiak last week. KMXT’s Brian Venua joined a small team of researchers to dissect and study the whale.