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This photo shows wild flowers at Eagle Beach. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)

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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos of Southeast Alaska.

A northern waterthrush sings. (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

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On the Trails: Larcenous lichens and some short stories

That’s not moss…

Hikers traverse the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes on the Alaska Peninsula, walking on a sheet of ash and volcanic rock more than 500-feet thick. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: Bringing the world to a standstill

On a fine June day about 100 years ago, the world fell apart.

Southeast Alaska is filled with forest service cabins that provide unique places to spend a weekend and connect with previous visitors. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went to the Woods: Popping the bubble

A good weekend off the grid will put your focus on the cluttered chaos of nature.

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On the Trails: Seeing sea stars makes for intertidal fun

Intertidal fun

This photo shows a wolf in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Park and Preserve(Courtesy Photo / Mathew Sorum)

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Alaska Science Forum: Wolf-virus study shows the virtue of space

Scientists find wolves with adequate social distancing from humans tend to avoid nasty viruses.

The vivid colors of male bluebirds result from structural features in the feather barbs, and males with more vivid colors father more chicks, with their own mates or with other females. (Courtesy Photo / Kerry Howard)

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On the Trails: Tree sparrows and bluebirds

By Mary F. Willson

In Ferry, Alaska, a balsam poplar leaf emerges from a bud in May. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: Greenup unfolds, pollen soon to follow

The great, silent collective explosion of freed tree buds is coming.

Mary Beth Schoen admires a large-tree old-growth stand in Saook Bay on northeastern Baranof Island. Some individual trees were over six feet in diameter and many centuries old. This riparian area was adjacent to a salmon stream and was full of bear trails. Large-tree old growth stands are rare on the Tongass. (Courtesy Photo / John Schoen)

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‘Tongass Odyssey’ explores decades of research, politics and change

“I wrote it because I feel it’s important to get this message out.”

Good action spotted on a Grizzly Safaris trip. (Courtesy Photo / Grizzly Safaris)

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Pride of Bristol Bay: A Conversation with Jerry and Caleb Jacques about their grizzly family

It’s a family grizz-ness.

Gray-crowned rosy-finches visited our wetlands in April, on their way to alpine nesting areas. (Courtesy Photo / Kerry Howard)

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On The Trails: Finding rosy-finches and some excitement

After a long lonely stroll, I finally spotted my birds

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On The Trails: Spending sunny days at beaches and tide flats

Maybe it’s really spring!

Wolf tracks on a winter trail not far from Fairbanks. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: Spring arrives on final cabin trip

As we skied along a packed ribbon of snow, the wolf tracks were a surprise.

This photo shows the author's first steelhead of the spring. It was the perfect shot and the perfect start for the long-awaited spring.  (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went To The Woods: Spring —and steelhead fishing —are finally here

Winter-spring transition was like the never-ending YouTube ads that keep good stuff from starting.

Voles have short ears and small eyes, and shorter tails than mice do. This vole was caught by an incoming high tide and had to swim for safety. (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

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On The Trails: Setting the record straight on voles

Vole-riety is not the mice of life.

The Alsek River is the straight, tan waterway with a major branch that turns left into Alsek Lake. As the Grand Plateau Glacier — near top left of the photo — recedes, scientists think the Alsek River will flow that way to the sea. Currently, the Alsek River hangs a sharp right to reach Dry Bay and the Gulf of Alaska. (Courtesy Photo /Chris Larsen)

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Alaska Science Forum: Big change on a big landscape

Could a roving river re-route rafters ?

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Sustainable Alaska: Planning for play in a climate-changed CBJ

We need to plan now.

April is usually the author’s favorite month for steelhead fishing. If the weather and fish, cooperate. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went To The Woods: Slow start to the spring season

Fish on.

A marbled godwit has winkled a lugworm out of its burrow in the sediments. (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

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On The Trails: Mudflats at low tide

A walk on a gray, March day turned out to be more interesting than expected.

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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos of Southeast Alaska.