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Injured merlin found on Thane Road released into wild
Late one evening in July, a young man and woman were driving on Thane Road. They noticed something…
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Walking the Mendenhall Peninsula Trail
The upland part of this trail is full of ups and downs, roots, and (in wet weather) mudholes,…
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Here and there in summer
In early August, I went up Gold Ridge in hopes of finding the big, blue, broad-petalled gentian in…
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Wild Shots: Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast
The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your…
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In fifth month, Trans-Alaska hike nears end
SAGANAVIRKTOK RIVER — August, here so soon. And we just passed Trans-Alaska Pipeline mile 100, which means that…
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Midsummer bloom show
Most of the gardens in Southeast Alaska are spring gardens, they come into color early, pushing the snow…
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Cruising through summer
Cruise ships. Those words elicit a firestorm of opinion in many Alaskans. Some see the potential economic benefit…
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Crossing the divide into a new world
ATIGUN RIVER — Goodbye, red squirrels. On our summer-long hike along the path of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, this…
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Sustainability and Transboundary Rivers
As a geologist considering issues of sustainability, I tend to ponder timescales that go far beyond that of…
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House for mites?
One July day I was moseying along a streambank, looking at the alders. Both red and Sitka alders…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for…
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Do you know why this plant is called a ‘live-bearing’ plant?
On one of many dribbly days in July, as I wandered along a beach on North Douglas, I…
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Rediscovering the value of landscaping in Kake
We went to Kake to install a landscape around an Elder Housing Project built by Tlingit Haida Regional…
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Why is STEM so important?
This is part of a series of monthly columns about STEM in Juneau. One of the best sounds…
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The case of the buried caribou tooth
At University of Alaska Anchorage, two students are on an interdisciplinary quest to unlock the anthropological and archaeological…
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Playtime in the Alaska Bush
People sometimes have this idea that living in the bush is serious business, and it can be. But…
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Great Sawyer Glacier of Tracy Arm and Ford’s Terror Wilderness is retiring
Juneau. It was a cool and clear Bastille Day, July 14, 2017, when we entered the Tracy Arm…
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TRAYLS program brings job experience to Southeast Alaska youth
I had the opportunity of meeting the small group of youth and young adults as they assembled at…
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New bridges, old trail: Treadwell Ditch Trail getting upgrades
Juneau is a city lacking for flat spaces. Most hiking trails on the road system trace paths up…