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Official: Trump wants to slash EPA workforce, budget
WASHINGTON — The former head of President Donald Trump’s transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday…
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Fireside Lecture reveals a hidden underwater world at the glacier
Today’s Fireside Lecture will feature U.S. Forest Service natural resource specialist Pete Schneider explaining how he created two…
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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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Stinky cows and climate change: Scientists try to mitigate methane from cows
Many creatures, including you and me, emit methane from time to time. Microbes within our guts break down…
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New plants appear in Kenai as climate shifts
KENAI — Are exotic plants still exotic when the climate around them changes so that they fit right…
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On the Trails: A quick trip to Gustavus means moose tracks, wolf prints and a small parade of trumpeter swans
When the ferries are running, it’s an easy ride to Gustavus: about four and a half hours, usually,…
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Wild Shots
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or…
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Alaska Science Forum: Bringing the world to a standstill
On a June day 105 years ago, in a green valley where the Aleutians merge with the mainland,…
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On the Trails: On deermice and men
I’ve heard several people say “I hate mice!” I think they really mean that they, understandably, don’t want…
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Off the Beaten Path: Dear Fish and Game: Please create a Board of Outdoor Fashion
Today, I’m proposing the revolutionary creation of a board of outdoor fashion. The idea came to me in…
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Long-distance birdie call
WASHINGTON — You fly more than 100 miles for love. You get rejected. You fly another 100 miles.…
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Lynx stroll past ski crowds in rare sightings
DENVER — Some elusive and charismatic lynx have been parading past awe-struck Colorado residents and visitors this winter,…
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Alaska Science Forum: The rigors of research in the cold
Rod Boertje knew it was getting cold when Park Service rangers took the dogs inside. Boertje, then a…
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Wild Shots
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or…
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On the Trails: One thing leads to another
I like to take a walk just to see what I can see, like the bear that went…
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Wildlife Wednesday to discuss swallow’s population decline
The next Wildlife Wednesday lecture will discuss the population decline of tree swallows. Brenda Wright, a naturalist and…
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Winter explorations: Squirrel caches, old mining adits and daddy longlegs
Wonderful snow! Brightening our short December days; under that full moon, it was spectular. All that glorious snow…
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Off the Beaten Path: The wolf and the fawn
A few years ago while looking for deer, I listened to trees creaking and moaning in a Southeasterly…
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Alaska Science Forum: Goodbye to a smiling giant of Alaska science
T. Neil Davis has died at 84, in his Fairbanks home. The scientist/author/doer was a graduate student and…
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Wild Shots
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or…