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Sustainable Alaska: An autumnal mediation on salmon and sustainable decision making

As Alaskans, we know this — salmon are a defining characteristic of our state’s cultures.

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Cooperative Extension closes to move locations

The Juneau Cooperative Extension Service office will close today to move locations.

Golden hour on Auke Lake. 30 Seconds from the road. (Gabe Donohoe | For the Juneau Empire)

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Photos: Resting in Juneau

I guess it’s OK to take a break.

Andrea Odell, an undergraduate student in the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, tosses dead sockeye salmon onto the bank of Hansen Creek in southwest Alaska in August 2018 while other researchers record data and look for salmon in the stream. (Courtesy Photo | Dan DiNicola via University of Washington)

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Researchers threw salmon carcasses on one side of a creek for 20 years. Here’s what happened.

New study proves something Alaskans always knew.

A bat hibernates in a cave. (Courtesy Photo | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Glacier sends up bat signal with weekend activities

Just in time for Halloween, the U.S. Forest Service will celebrate National Bat Week at the Mendenhall Glacier…

If irrational anger follows viewing an image of the lone steelhead of a trip, one needs some perspective. (Jeff Lund | For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went to the Woods: A little perspective

We live at a time and in a country when we have so much free time and so…

On The Trails: Bears in autumn

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On The Trails: Bears in autumn

What happens to bears in years when food sources are poor?

Soaking in the warmth of the sunshine at the top. (Gabe Donohoe | For Juneau Empire)

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Photos: Fall Colors on Mount McGinnis

Definitely a Gucci view.

This October, think about blood-sucking ticks

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This October, think about blood-sucking ticks

This tick is very rare in Alaska, but that could change.

The Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the United States at 17 million acres. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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USFS offers email updates on Tongass projects

People interested in keeping up-to-date project happenings on the Tongass National Forest can sign up for email lists.…

A fledgling murrelet tests its water skills before being re-released into the wild. (Courtesy Photo | Pat Bock)

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Security guard helps save bird

At the end of August, a security guard helped save a bird in Salmon Creek.

Kayaking into a scientific adventure

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Kayaking into a scientific adventure

Is this a glimpse of the “new normal” for Endicott Arm?

Camping on the dashed line of the Arctic Circle

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Camping on the dashed line of the Arctic Circle

A friend and I just camped out at the Arctic Circle, about 200 miles north of where we…

Two mountain goats browse along the hillside near Nugget Falls on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Mountain goats still recovering from harsh winters in the 2000s

Hunting on the Blackerby Ridge area closed Wednesday after one male goat was harvested.

Enforcement talk kicks off Wildlife Wednesdays season

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Enforcement talk kicks off Wildlife Wednesdays season

The monthly speaker series Wildlife Wednesdays starts today with a discussion of the role of Alaska State Wildlife…

Steve Morley leads Maisy Morley down Perseverance Trail during the Perseverance Trail Run/Ben Blackgoat Memorial on Saturday, June 16, 2018. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

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Perseverance Trail closed for rock work

Perseverance Trail and part of Basin Road will be closed for excavation work starting today and lasting through…

Two rusty blackbirds, in winter plumage, forage at the edge of Mendenhall Lake. (Courtesy Photo | Bob Armstrong)

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Embrace September’s slowing pace

In September, the natural world slows down.

Roger Castillo watches as a coho salmon he caught leaps he fishes at the Wayside Park on Channel Drive on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has increased the limit to 12 coho salmon in the designated saltwater hatchery sport harvest area due to the large number of returning hatchery coho salmon in excess of broodstock needs. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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‘Fish Everywhere’: Cohos stream in at DIPAC hatchery

The coho return to Juneau has been outstanding this year.

This small row boat was docked semi-permanently in beach grass.

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Photos: The patterns and textures of the Mendenhall wetlands

Pay closer attention to the tiny things.

Please, Fish and Wildlife Service, help me introduce polar bears to Antarctica

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Please, Fish and Wildlife Service, help me introduce polar bears to Antarctica

First off, let me briefly mention my two current GoFundMe campaigns.