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Juneau is an adjective
On Wednesday, my family, friends and I decided to spend the morning hiking DuPont Trail. It’s the first…
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Signs of spring
The days get longer and longer, and folks in Juneau begin to wish that spring would hurry up…
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Joint fish, game board call for proposals
The Board of Fisheries and Board of Game — the state entities that set bag limits, seasons and…
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Pigs, cows and weasels: Why do we use animal names to describe people?
We often use the names of beasts to label a person’s look or behavior. We take a real…
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The thin line between Canada and Alaska
Marked by metal cones and a clear-cut swath 20 feet wide, Alaska’s border with Canada is one of…
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Getting lit in the environment
Last weekend, Kevin Maier’s University of Alaska Southeast Literature and the Environment class hiked out to Camping Cove…
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A scientist’s view of Alaska, 150 years ago
One year before Alaska became part of America, 21-year old William Dall ascended the Yukon River on a…
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Why do birds mob other birds?
The northern hawk owl that has often been seen this winter, out at the edges of the wetlands,…
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A carcass in a salmon stream
The first bear I remember was lying in a salmon stream on Admiralty Island, reduced to bones and…
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Did plants cause one of Earth’s great extinctions?
Several times in the distant past, our home planet has been cleansed of its residents, with the exception…
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Sustainable Alaska: Linking land and sea
On a recent winter day in Juneau, two of my colleagues headed out to Montana Creek to collect…
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How a halibut gobbles
A friend and I were looking at pictures of traditional Native halibut hooks and discussing how they work.…
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Photo blog: Skagway ice climbing
On Saturday, Feb. 10, students of the University Alaska Southeast Intro to Ice Climbing traveled to Skagway to…
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From Alaska to Vegas: A strange and terrible story of dreams, desert and UFOs
Years ago, I was talking with an old Elfin Cove bachelor about places we wanted to visit before…
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Three little stories
Here are three small stories, two from the field and one from home — two that were simply…
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How two UAA students are raising awareness at home, abroad on Arctic issues
In 2015, the Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program was established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the…
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Backyard bird count starts today
The 21st annual Great Backyard Bird Count starts today and goes through Feb. 19. Help the Juneau Audubon…
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Space weather: Havoc caused by the sun
Space weather affects snowplow drivers carving through Thompson Pass in a whiteout, Iowa farmers dropping seeds of corn,…
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What can an owl’s face tell you about its habits?
There was much excitement this winter, among birders and photographers, over the sightings of a northern hawk owl…
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Chose your own adventure on the Juneau Icefield
Juneau has some serious perks. The best, in my opinion, is that we have a 1,500 square mile…