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Photo contest: Holiday lights
Dust off those boxes, untangle the lights and hang them high for all to see. The holiday season…
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Southeast’s mustelids include the well-known and elusive
One of the treats of a snowy winter is wandering around looking for animal tracks. When I counted…
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A ski through the Central Brooks Range
In March of 2012, I stepped off a small plane in Bettles as the wind piled snowdrifts against…
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Curious by Nature: Don’t eat the berries
This week’s Curious by Nature question comes from Jim Protz: “There’s a small sign at the end of…
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Board of Game forum spurs unlikely accord
Dried salmon savored by rural Alaska Natives as part of a subsistence way of life won’t be found…
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Sustainable Alaska: Counting for conservation
With the holidays around the corner, many of us are enjoying festive traditions like volunteering, caroling, baking cookies…
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On the Trails: Snowy tracks
Snowshoes crunched over deep snow. The sky was cerulean blue and the sun gradually crept around the mountain…
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Pioneer scientist determined aurora height
“Professor Fuller Drops Dead in Garden.” So reads the headline in the Farthest-North Collegian newspaper of June 1,…
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The forgotten instincts smell evokes
Once, while hiking on a rocky beach in Glacier Bay, I noticed a bear approaching. It was unaware…
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Biologist trapper retires after helping transform Aleutians
On Halloween 2017, Alaskan Steve Ebbert, 56, retired from his job as an invasive species biologist. His longtime…
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The deep-diving life of seals
Take a walk along the lower reaches of Eagle River, or a beach on west Douglas, or the…
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Board of Game upholds restriction on sheep spotting by plane
Using an airplane to spot Dall sheep while hunting will stay illegal in the state for now. The…
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In a jumping contest, it’s the small critters that win
One sunny day in late summer, I sat on a beach log to feed myself and an attentive…
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Beavers slapping tails on far-north waters
Animals the size of Labrador retrievers are changing the face of Alaska, creating new ponds visible from space.…
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Photo Contest: Snow
Winter is here! Well, unofficially, that is. With the first snow of the season arriving in the capital…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or…
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Glacier center announces winter programs
The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will be closed today in commemoration of Veterans Day. The center will reopen…
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M/V Columbia starts its study of ocean acidification
An Alaska state ferry recently started work doubling as an ocean research platform. The M/V Columbia, which conducts…
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Salmon complete 1,000-mile journey, and life
MOUTH OF THE DELTA RIVER — On a morning with biting air in the single digits Fahrenheit, this…
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Rivers of stories
Sometimes I think I could spend my life happily following rivers. I love the way they’re born from…