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A char moves into Sam Creek along with hundreds of sockeye salmon. The char is skinny now, but will get fat gorging on salmon eggs. (Courtesy Photo | Jonny Armstrong)

The impossible journey of the juvenile coho

Turns out finance and salmon survival have something in common: the importance of diversification.

A char moves into Sam Creek along with hundreds of sockeye salmon. The char is skinny now, but will get fat gorging on salmon eggs. (Courtesy Photo | Jonny Armstrong)
Frozen ground underlying the North Slope of Alaska is warming; much of it may thaw by the end of the century. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

Warming in the north continues as predicted

Just outside my window here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, workers are drilling into the asphalt of a parking lot using a truck-mounted rig.… Continue reading

Frozen ground underlying the North Slope of Alaska is warming; much of it may thaw by the end of the century. (Photo by Ned Rozell)
Inside seven of Juneau’s greatest gardens

Inside seven of Juneau’s greatest gardens

It takes persistence to grow in Juneau. Frosts last longer, our cold soils don’t drain. Sometimes it seems the sun doesn’t poke through the clouds… Continue reading

Inside seven of Juneau’s greatest gardens
Coho salmon and Arctic char aggregate while feeding on sockeye salmon eggs. While coho derive much of their summer growth from invertebrates, char may rely entirely on sockeye salmon eggs, fry and smolt. (Courtesy Photo | Jonny Armstrong)

The impossible journey of the juvenile coho

Turns out finance and salmon survival have something in common: the importance of diversification. As a Ph.D. student with the University of Washington’s Alaska Salmon… Continue reading

Coho salmon and Arctic char aggregate while feeding on sockeye salmon eggs. While coho derive much of their summer growth from invertebrates, char may rely entirely on sockeye salmon eggs, fry and smolt. (Courtesy Photo | Jonny Armstrong)
Frozen ground underlying the North Slope of Alaska is warming; much of it may thaw by the end of the century. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

Warming in the north continues as predicted

Just outside my window here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, workers are drilling into the asphalt of a parking lot using a truck-mounted rig.… Continue reading

Frozen ground underlying the North Slope of Alaska is warming; much of it may thaw by the end of the century. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

SB 26 makes a critical change for Alaska’s future

A generation ago, Alaska’s leaders made a once-in-a-lifetime decision that set our state on a unique course. To some, the new wealth flowing through Alaska’s… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott

SB 26 makes a critical change for Alaska’s future

A generation ago, Alaska’s leaders made a once-in-a-lifetime decision that set our state on a unique course. To some, the new wealth flowing through Alaska’s… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By LT. GOV. BYRON MALLOTT
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Connecting the dots between Juneau’s economy and Juneau’s needs

We don’t like talking about it much, but Juneau’s picturesque landscape has some scary bare spots we can’t seem to patch. Formerly full local malls… Continue reading

  • Jun 15, 2018
  • By Win Gruening For the Juneau Empire
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Connecting the dots between Juneau’s economy and Juneau’s needs

We don’t like talking about it much, but Juneau’s picturesque landscape has some scary bare spots we can’t seem to patch. Formerly full local malls… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By WIN GRUENING
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Road rebuttal

Road rebuttal

Ben Brown in a June 3 My Turn put Mayor Bill Overstreet Park and the Juneau Access proposal on the same level of community controversy/acceptance.… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By Kate Troll
Road rebuttal
The back side of the Swan Lake reservoir near Ketchikan is seen in an undated photo from winter 2017-2018 provided by the Southeast Alaska Power Agency to the National Weather Service. At the time, water levels at Swan Lake were so low that hydropower production stopped, forcing Ketchikan to rely on diesel generation. (Courtesy photo)

Southeast Alaska dries up in rare problem: a drought

If it sounds unusual to have a drought in a rainforest, it is. Low snow and little rain combined to deliver an almost unprecedented drought… Continue reading

The back side of the Swan Lake reservoir near Ketchikan is seen in an undated photo from winter 2017-2018 provided by the Southeast Alaska Power Agency to the National Weather Service. At the time, water levels at Swan Lake were so low that hydropower production stopped, forcing Ketchikan to rely on diesel generation. (Courtesy photo)
Passengers walk off Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Juneau needs to plan now for 2019 tourism growth

It’s time for Juneau to make plans for 1.31 million visitors in 2019 and beyond, a massive 20 percent growth from 2017. The Mendenhall Glacier… Continue reading

  • Jun 12, 2018
  • By Michael Hekkers
Passengers walk off Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Sacrificing good government to lead the flock

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, isn’t happy that President Trump imposed new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from America’s closest allies. She said his… Continue reading

  • Jun 10, 2018
  • By Rich Moniak

My son’s ocean

My son has fished with me since he was five months old. He was not much help then, but he was on the boat that… Continue reading

  • Jun 4, 2018
  • By Linda Behnken
Lyle James points out petroglyphs on a rock in Berners Bay. James and other Tlingit leaders were showing others the generations-old carvings as part of the new Tl&

Alaska’s petrogylphs & lessons that span an ocean: Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians learn from each other on environmental topics

Clarification: This article has been updated to mention that the University of Alaska Southeast coordinated and organized the Tléix’ Yaakw (One Canoe) conference. Just a… Continue reading

Lyle James points out petroglyphs on a rock in Berners Bay. James and other Tlingit leaders were showing others the generations-old carvings as part of the new Tl&
A nesting Arctic tern. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Bird colony attacked at glacier, possibly by dog

About 35 sleek, black-crowned Arctic terns nest at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area in the spring and early summer, according to U.S. Forest Service biologist… Continue reading

A nesting Arctic tern. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
A fire burns on the grass at Antler Flats, in the northeast section of Berners Bay. (Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service)

Forest Service fighting 56-acres wildfire north of Juneau

Firefighters are working to contain a forest fire that has broken out north of Juneau in the Berners Bay area, according to the U.S. Forest… Continue reading

A fire burns on the grass at Antler Flats, in the northeast section of Berners Bay. (Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service)
Thunder Mountain’s Nina Fenumiai, right, and Rachel Macaulay receive high-fives from Coach Brittany Gladsjo after beating Juneau-Douglas at Melvin Park earlier this month. Thunder Mountain plays Kodiak and North Pole in the state tournament today in Fairbanks. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

JDHS baseball, TMHS softball hungry for state titles

Success can be fleeting at the ASAA baseball state championships. Hopes of winning it all are quickly dashed if you don’t come to play. Lose… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain’s Nina Fenumiai, right, and Rachel Macaulay receive high-fives from Coach Brittany Gladsjo after beating Juneau-Douglas at Melvin Park earlier this month. Thunder Mountain plays Kodiak and North Pole in the state tournament today in Fairbanks. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
In this October 2015 photo, a momentary dash of sun creates a double rainbow over downtown Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Alaskaepoedia: Everything you’ve always wanted to know about Juneau (and less)

The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Alaskan panhandle, at the geographic equivalent of where the grip meets the… Continue reading

  • May 24, 2018
  • By Geoff Kirsh
In this October 2015 photo, a momentary dash of sun creates a double rainbow over downtown Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
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Where are all the sandhill cranes?

A friend recently noted that he hadn’t seen sandhill cranes on the Anchorage skyline this summer. It’s because they are all south in Seattle, Portland,… Continue reading

  • May 16, 2018
  • By Dr. Alan Gross
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