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PSP and the food chain
Not long ago, I sat on a rock near Auke Rec, watching a squadron of scoters busily diving…
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Bird festival set to take place in Wrangell
Spring is coming, and so are the birds. With the spring migration of hundreds of thousands of shorebirds…
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Chinook salmon harvest limit drops by large margin
The limit for harvesting Alaska’s state fish is dropping by quite a bit this year. The Alaska Department…
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Pleistocene Park an experiment in adventure
More than 700 donors believe in an attempt to recreate the ice age in Siberia. The operators of…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
The Empire is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to:…
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Wake up call for landscaping
Roll over in the deep dark bed, stretch and yawn, rub your sleepy eyes and poke your first…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
The Empire is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to:…
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Time to start planting your veggies
I’m not sure if March ended like a lamb. It certainly wasn’t worse than its entrance, but compared…
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Beach-walking in late March
What’s a restless naturalist to do, when most of the ground in covered with soggy snow and strong…
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Life with Bears
In 1976, when Larry Aumiller was dropped off by floatplane for his first season to oversee the McNeil…
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Alaska Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for…
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Animals at play
Any observant dog owners can recognize the invitation-to-play posture of their dogs, sometimes addressed to persons, and sometimes…
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Squirrels somehow predict seed bonanza
Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He’s fallen only once,…
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Birds on a snowy land
In the middle of March, I made a quick visit to Gustavus. It was snowing heavily, so the…
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Spring will come in Southeast Alaska
They say that if March comes in like a lion, it goes out like a lamb. It certainly…
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Wild Shots
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for…
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Fireside Lecture: Yax té Totem pole
An iconic Tlingit totem pole has been restored and will resume its role this summer. Friday’s Fireside Lecture…
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Are ravens responsible for wolf packs?
People who study animal behavior think they may have found out why wolves hunt in packs — because…
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Wild Shots
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb…
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Save endangered Steller sea lions by looking at cute pics
The Alaska Fisheries Science Center has launched a new crowdsourcing project called Steller Watch. The goal is to…