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Four-panel comic. A trawler hauls krill (Area 48 hit 620,000 tons again); two researchers argue trigger vs concentrated catch; a map marks Bransfield and Gerlache; a CCAMLR table splits industry and conservation.

Original comic, Animals and Nature. News: The Conversation / Kim S. Bernard.

Animals and Nature

Antarctic krill season hits the trigger again in August

The Area 48 krill fishery shut after hitting the 620,000-tonne trigger for a second straight year, months before the usual November close. Spatial caps expired in 2024. Catch piled into Bransfield and Gerlache; industry says the close proves the system works. CCAMLR (26 countries + EU) meets in October.

August 22, 2026 at 2:35 PM PDT

Four-panel comic. A ranger on radio says comment deadline Sept. 21; hikers argue roads and fire; a split forest shows deferred maintenance vs a new spur; a public meeting fills comment forms.

Original comic, Animals and Nature. News: Alaska Public / KTOO; Federal Register.

Animals and Nature

USDA files to end the 2001 Roadless Rule

USDA proposed rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which limited new roads and timber harvest in inventoried roadless national forest. Comments close Sept. 21, 2026. USDA says the national ban blocked local thinning it argues would cut Western wildfire risk; the filing says it does not itself authorize roads or logging. Conservation groups and most Tribal comments oppose. Idaho and Colorado state roadless rules would stay. Acreage figures are labeled, not merged (FR 58.5 million vs USDA press ~44 million vs ABC/Earthjustice ~45 million). ABC said Tuesday inspection; Federal Register notice is Thursday print.

August 22, 2026 at 2:20 PM PDT