Where the Wild Fish Flow
 Alaska Wildlife Trooper Thomas Akelkok looked down at a frosty pile of fish heads. The pile of northern pike heads were remnants from prior fishers who had earlier pulled the predatory fish from ice holes drilled into Flathorn Lake. They were a sure sign of a lucky spot. Akelkok, who is one of four troopers that works out of the post on the edge of Wasilla, tries to get out on patrol once a week for not only those fishing, but trapping and hunting as well. That day he only encountered people fishing. All but one man were following the Alaska Fish and Game regulations, which change from lake to lake. He also spends his days educating resource users on the different hot spots, different equipment and even different recipes. He has extensive knowledge in how to prepare Alaska game because he grew up subsistence hunting and fishing in the Bristol Bay region.
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Willing and Ready: SAR Volunteers Hold Annual Training
Every December, a selected segment of Alaska's backcountry becomes a training ground for Search and Rescue Volunteers
from a multitude of Agencies. This year the scores of volunteers along with personnel from the Alaska State Troopers
and the Department of Military and Veterans affairs gathered at Hatcher Pass. The Alaska Mountain Rescue Group, one of the main SAR groups utilized by the Alaska State Troopers, coordinates and runs the mass exercise.
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FALLEN HEROES "We will remember them always"
After the law enforcement community lost four of its own to a senseless act on Nov. 29, Alaska State Troopers
Sgt. Chad Goeden and Trooper Vic Aye were among approximately 22,000 officers who traveled from all over the
nation and Canada to attend the Memorial service in Tacoma, Wash. on Dec.8 to remember the fallen heroes. This
was a day to remember the four Lakewood Police officers who were ambushed and gunned down at a Parkland
coffee shop last month by an individual who had a long criminal history and disregard for human life. That
individual was later shot to death by a Seattle police officer investigating an apparent stolen car. That individual
was found to be in the possession of one of the fallen officers' guns.
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