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On The Trails: Bryozoa
Sometime in April, a friend alerted me to some odd ball-shaped structures attached to a spruce log in…
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On The Trails: Spring arrives
Spring is happening, very slowly but surely. Purple mountain saxifrage has been blooming, salmonberry flowers appear, yellow violets…
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I Went to the Woods: No need to go pro
The coolness with which I lunged for the fish, missed, gathered myself, swept the rod back, lunged again…
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On The Trails: Kingfishers
Kingfishers have captured the fancy of people for centuries. In Greek mythology, the gods caused a man to…
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On The Trails: Spring flowers and their pollinators
Spring flowers have co-evolved with insect pollinators for a long time. The flowers require pollen delivery to set…
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On the Trails: Springtime
The last part of March seemed to pass slowly, at least for those of use impatient for spring.…
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On The Trails: Pseudoscorpions
Just before the spring equinox, a friend and I went out on the Fish Creek Trail one morning…
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On the Trails: Spring comes slowly
February ground to a halt and March slowly geared up. Days were getting longer, but the tedious pseudo-spring…
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On the Trails: Three observations to ponder
While we are waiting (?patiently?) for spring to really get rolling, here are a few things to think…
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I Went to the Woods: Fish farm fiasco
I’ve spent almost all of my life searching for and evaluating fish.
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On the Trails: Wings aloft!
When vertebrates moved onto land, long ago, some of them eventually became airborne, way after the insects did.…
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On the Trails: Little bones
We’re all familiar with the major bones of a human body, although many folks don’t know their official…
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I Went to the Woods: Kicking and drooling
She’s fine for about ten minutes. It’s a challenge so she’s game. She props herself up on her…
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The path to Juneau’s heart: The Airport Dike Trail
Created as emergency access road for airport, it’s now a popular area for dog walking and birdwatching.
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On the Trails: Three small owls
We have three small owls that share a lot of characteristics. They are the boreal owl (Aegolius funereus)…
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I Went to the Woods: Passive activism
I almost didn’t watch the Super Bowl because I was tired of the Chiefs, indifferent toward the Eagles…
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Alaska Science Forum: When the Civil War came to Alaska
About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the gray skies above the Diomede Islands were…
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On the Trails: Tree bark
The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed…