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First update in 20 years of citywide commercial-use rules for parks and trails proposed in new study
Plan to be discussed Tuesday bans commercial use of Perseverance Trail, Sunshine Cove Natural Park.
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On the Trails: Hot spring snails
From a visitor from England who visited Calgary on the way to Juneau, I learned about the Banff…
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I Went to the Woods: Appreciating the mini-adventure
With my left hand managing the 297 soft cover pages, I read.
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On the Trails: Critter watching in fall
I like living in a place where I can encounter wild critters in so many places and so…
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Reconnected: New bridge over Montana Creek reopens portion of Kaxdigoowu Heen Dei
People again able to walk a loop on what’s commonly known as the Brotherhood Bridge Trail.
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On the Trails: Mimicry in animals and plants
Mimicry in animals is a common form of protection from predators. For instance, two distasteful or toxic butterflies…
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On the Trails: Owls and voles and other observations
In the middle of October, bird watchers estimated about 40 short-eared owls were seen hunting on the wetlands…
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Alaska Science Forum: The numbers behind a weather forecast
A meteorologist from the National Weather Service’s local office recently told a newspaper reporter that heavy, wet, snow…
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On the Trails: Evolution constantly ongoing among many populations in many places
Someone once asked me “Is evolution still happening?” My brief answer was “Of course, it’s always happening.” I…
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On the Trails: Crows and their relatives
Crows, jays, ravens, magpies and their various other relatives (nutcrackers, choughs, jackdaws, etc.) belong to the taxonomic family…
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On the Trails: Parasitic and hemiparasitic plants
In our region there are a few fully parasitic plants, totally dependent on other plants for carbon, water,…
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I Went to the Woods: A tribute to The Trout Bum
I never met John Gierach, but I feel like I know him as well as you can know…
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On the Trails: Woolly bears and spider webs
It’s early fall and we sometimes enjoy seeing fuzzy orange and black caterpillars trekking over the trails on…
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From a mining aqueduct to recreational gold: The restoration of the Treadwell Ditch Trail
Community members, agencies team up to work on trail with nearly 150-year-old history
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Alaska Science Forum: Alaska peregrine falcon numbers drop again
Skip Ambrose has floated the upper Yukon River almost every year since Richard Nixon was President. Back then,…
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On the Trails: Birds, leaves and mushrooms at the onset of autumn
On a dark and dismal day in late September, I cheered myself up by remembering some pleasing observations…
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I Went to the Woods: Discovering how being tired as a new parent is life-giving
“I’m so tired.”
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On the Trails: Marvellous fungi
People often think of fungi as dietary items or as agents of rot and decay. Fair enough, but…
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Alaska Science Forum: Wood frogs — farthest north amphibian cannibals
Their staccato voices can make a muskeg bog as loud as a city street, though most are so…