U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the State of Alaska that sought ownership of the land beneath Mendenhall Lake and part of the river. It’s a defeat in ...

The goal is to produce tools that can better predict future outburst floods at Juneau's landmark glacier and elsewhere.

Items sought in the executive order include handing over various “submerged lands” including Mendenhall Lake to the state, nullifying federal actions related to numerous Alaska Native ...

Studying the shape of Suicide Basin and how it changes could give researchers a better sense of how much water could be ...

A federal grant of nearly $1 million will be used to better understand the glacier outbursts that have caused historic ...

Instead of a levee at Mendenhall Lake, he suggested widening and straightening ... Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, and federal partners to continue moving forward ...

Mendenhall Glacier welcomes more than 400,000 ... the glacier is only 12 miles outside Juneau and it's the only glacier in Southeast Alaska accessible by road (you can easily take a cab here).

Here are a few ways to experience the joys of Alaska's unique capital ... You can find fantastic views of the glacier and lake at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. Admission is $5 per ...