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Creating a self-sustaining food culture
Unlike most people who attended the Alaska Design Forum’s workshop, I hadn’t read any of Joel Salatin’s books.…
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Talk among plants
As a young professional, I was interested in animals — how they make a living, how they raise…
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Alaska Forest Fund celebrates first year
With one year in the books, the Alaska Forest Fund (AFF) is throwing a party. The celebration will…
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Twisted stalk, wild cucumber, or watermelon berry?
Streptopus amplexifolius has long been one of my favorite plants to munch. In the spring, I like to…
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Spring’s Promise
Note to reader: A lot of hard work has gone into restoring and enhancing the Treadwell Ditch Trail.…
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The big sale, a great day
Saturday morning, the day before Mothers Day, at Safeway’s parking lot on the day of the big plant…
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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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Intertidal discoveries include kleptoparasitism
On the next-to-the-lowest tide in late April, some friends and I explored the intertidal zone not far from…
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Beets and Boron
Beets are a vegetable that I have worked hard to like. I can tolerate them in dishes, but…
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Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day this Saturday
An International Migratory Bird Day celebration will take place at the Juneau Community Garden this Saturday, May 6.…
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Know your butterfly species (or at least these 4)
Starting in mid-April this year, we began to see a few species of early-flying butterflies. In general, Juneau…
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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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Veggies for Juneau
The wave of Grow it Yourself is breaking over Southeast Alaska, a flood of seed starting, indoor seedling…
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April observations
Mid-April found us enjoying warm, sunny days, but the nights were still very cool. The ice continued to…
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Revisiting a dream, 20 years later
Twenty years ago, I was 34 when I walked away from a chain-link fence near Port Valdez and…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for…
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Hold onto your dogs, the birds are back
From lanky sandhill cranes to petite red-necked phalaropes, migratory birds are appearing statewide in ever-increasing numbers, adding life…
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Tundra swans take two distinct paths to Alaska
Skiing to work over a persistent spring snowpack, I looked up to see a large white bird flapping…
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Why do bumblebees buzz near certain people?
On a gorgeously sunny day in mid-April, a group of hikers stopped for lunch on the beach near…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for…