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Photo Contest: Changing seasons
There are many ways to mark the change of seasons in Juneau: When the fireweed blooms, fades to…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska
The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your…
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Finding a far-north lynx den
In her study of one of the farthest north lynx populations in North America this summer, Claire Montgomerie…
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The high cost of being a bird
If you walk along a shore beside a channel where salmon run in late summer, you may find…
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Group organizes events around fish, food and the future
Each academic year, the University of Alaska Southeast Sustainability Committee determines how best to serve the university community…
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Life of Spittlebugs
If you can remember back to our so-called summer, you may remember seeing little clots of whitish bubbles…
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Summer trails work roundup
Juneau trails have been improved with new bridges, brushwork and replaced boardwalk this summer. Trail Mix, Inc., a…
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Invaders making their presence seen
Rhododendrons are generally immune to most insect pests, the concentration of toxic substances in their leaves is so…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska
The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your…
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Tribes, enviros petition commerce secretary on mines
Alaska Native and conservation groups asked the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to investigate six hard-rock mines in British…
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Goat hunting closed near Skagway River
Goat hunting has closed in a management area near Skagway, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game announced…
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Sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific on tsunami debris
WASHINGTON — Nearly 300 species of fish, mussels and other sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific Ocean on…
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Collecting edible mushrooms
My friend back East cautioned me against mushrooms. She told me of someone she knew, a lifelong wild…
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Raptors on the Ridge
One day in mid-September, I was perched on a rocky outcrop high on the side of Gold Ridge.…
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Hurricanes and far north sea ice
Speaking at a conference in coastal Texas last fall, a researcher from Florida mentioned with relief that her…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska
The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your…
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Turning on the aurora switch with HAARP
People travel north from all over for a chance to see the aurora. Soon, Chris Fallen will make…
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Fall Tasks
The turn of seasons that the weather tells us is here brings with it a whole list of…
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Rocky intertidal fishes
A trip at low tide to one or our rocky intertidal sites always yields an array of pleasures…
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Duck hunting opens Saturday
Waterfowl hunting season starts with a bang this Saturday. The last day of hunting is Dec. 31. Hunters…