Catching food security in a dipnet

Bradley Fredrickson cleans his salmon on the shores of the Kasilof River. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)
Throughout July, dense streams of vehicles head down to the Kenai Peninsula with large, awkward dipnets strapped to the roof or hanging out the back. One weekend, Dawn McAlpin’s aging RV was one of them. It broke down on the three-hour long journey from Anchorage to the Kasilof River, but eventually, she made it to the gull-filled beach where I met her.
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