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Wild Shots
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Off the Beaten Path: Starvation dreams
Once, while camped in a valley in the Central Brooks Range, I dreamt I heard an old woman…
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Dirt Girl: Decked out in green
Last year I switched growing my greens from the community garden to the back deck of the boat.…
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Off the Trails: Environmental sex determination
In birds, mammals, some plants and many other organisms, biological gender is typically determined genetically. That is, biological…
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Kerry tours Arctic Circle
NY-ALESUND, Norway — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday visited Norway’s extreme north, viewing areas where…
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Bears bother lonely science instruments
Interior Alaska is a hungry place — lots of boreal forest and swampy wetlands with big, flat rivers…
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Trail rehabilitation needs volunteers
Trout Unlimited and the US Forest Service have teamed up for another habitat rehabilitation project and need volunteers…
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Salmon project connects Alaskans
Salmon unite and divide Alaskans across the state. Gear type, purpose and region all come into play in…
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Off the Trails: Meanderings
Late May and early June found us wandering in several very fine places. Most of the time the…
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Russian River, Kenai River rainbow fishing to open
Fishermen on the central Kenai Peninsula will be able to head to the Kenai and Russian rivers for…
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Foam on the water a sign of life and death
While sitting in the front of a canoe on a twisty Alaska creek, my daughter asked to steer…
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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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Help plan Glacier Bay’s future
Help plan Glacier Bay’s future The National Park Service invites the public to plan for the future of…
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Foraging for beach asparagus
From Noma, a restaurant rated best in the world, to Juneau’s The Rookery Cafe, chefs are using traditional…
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Fish Factor: Boats use fish from tail to head
BOATS USE FISH FROM TAIL TO HEAD Alaskan fishermen have raised the bar for big fishing boats with…
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Twenty-nine pounder takes derby crown
When David Turner Jr. caught his 29.25 pound king salmon on Monday, he didn’t expect it to be…
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Dirt Girl: Tending your garden
With the intense, endless rain that we had, I didn’t complete planting until just a few weeks ago.…
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On the Trails: Getting to the ‘root’ of unseen forests
When we think of a forest, most of us have a mental image of a stand of more-or-less…
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Off the Beaten Path: My bucket list
I was introduced to the idea of bucket lists by an adrenaline-seeking couple I guided years ago on…
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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…