Inside Passage Waterkeeper’s new film “We Eat Fish!” about subsistence harvest and commercial fishing will be shown in JuneauWith footage shot from around Southeast, the… Continue reading
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations for five positions on BLM’s Alaska Resource Advisory Council, which advises the BLM on public land issues.… Continue reading
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors… Continue reading
There are many species of parasitic barnacles, distributed around the world. The rhizocephalans parasitize crabs; they are sometimes found on king crabs in our area.A… Continue reading
There are hundreds of species of barnacle and they do some very peculiar things (from our perspective). The larvae swim freely, but when they are… Continue reading
Female tanner crabs, particularly those that have mated in previous years, commonly gather in huge groups, at a density of over 100 females per square… Continue reading
Nudibranchs are shell-less-molluscs. Mostly carnivorous, they come in a variety of colors and forms. Many of them have ‘cerata’ on their backs; these are horn-like,… Continue reading
Individuals of this species often reach a body weight of 100 pounds or more, but in the Gulf of Alaska, adults have an average weight… Continue reading
This large sea star is not as stiff and rigid as other species and comes in various colors. It lives from the low intertidal zone… Continue reading
Isopods (or sowbugs or pillbugs) are crustaceans; some live independently and others are parasitic. When a bopyrid egg hatches, the sexually undifferentiated (neither male nor… Continue reading
My neighbor greeted me the other day with a question: “Do you have any plants started?” I shrugged my shoulders to answer her obvious question.… Continue reading
Marine invertebrates exhibit a dazzling array of interesting ways of sexual reproduction, some of which is shown here.Thanks to Aaron Baldwin (Alaska Department of Fish… Continue reading
For local sisters Frances Jones and Sara Clauder, entrepreneurship seems to come naturally. It took less than six weeks for their budding business to go… Continue reading
If a fisherman gets 50 cents a pound for his reds, how can the fish fetch $10, $15 or more at retail counters?“It’s all the… Continue reading
EVENTS In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play, March 11-April 3, Perseverance Theatre. The play takes place at the dawn of the age of electricity.… Continue reading
It’s not a secret that I have a dislike for baking. I don’t really care to bake because it is scientific and requires precise measurements,… Continue reading
Preparing Indigenous Teachers and Administrators for Alaska Schools, a scholarship program through the University of Alaska Southeast, is designed to help Alaska Natives earn a… Continue reading
Photos by Konrad Frank | For the Juneau EmpireCarpenters in Action begin renovation Saturday morning at the Juneau Skate Park.… Continue reading
Barbara Maier, who teaches English full-time at Thunder Mountain High School, had a thought a few months ago that has turned into a production. In… Continue reading
ART IN UNUSUAL PLACESThe Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels of ability are invited… Continue reading
