Fourteen dead seabirds found on a Portage Cove beach this week are apparently part of a larger statewide die-off that has puzzled biologists since March.
Tim Ackerman came across the dead murres Tuesday along a stretch of beach between the Port Chilkoot Dock and Small Boat Harbor, taking two as potential samples before calling the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “It’s not something you see all the time,” he said.
According to U.S. Fish and…
