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Reflections in the pond on Salmon Creek trail.

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Raincountry Flyfishers meeting

Raincountry Flyfishers welcome all to a “Tie & Lie” get together in the Thunder Mountain High School library…

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Filleting and de-heading certain fish will be prohibited in Southeast Alaska for summer

In Juneau starting Monday, April 25 until midnight on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, there will be limits on…

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Volunteers sought for east side Mendenhall Lake Project

The Trout Unlimited’s Habitat Improvement Committee, the U.S. Forest Service and volunteers worked to upgrade the habitat and…

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Plant sale in May

There will be a plant sale on Saturday, May 7, at 9 a.m.-noon in the Safeway parking lot.…

Eric Jordan's FV I Gotta trolls for salmon in 2015. Courtesy of Eric Jordan.

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The faces behind the fish

Most Americans don’t know where their food comes from. Alaskans have it better, thanks to subsistence lifestyles and…

A bald eagle posing on a sunny day in the wetlands.

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Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or…

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White creatures changing with the season

This morning, through the west window, I noticed a flash of white. I looked up from breakfast to…

A wide-handed hermit crab looks out from its whelk shell.

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On the trails: Intertidal highlights

Good low tides (minus four feet) during daylight hours on two days in early April brought us some…

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Prince of Wales mining symposium to be held on April 27-28

Prince of Wales Island-Wide Mining Symposium to be held on April 27-28 The sixth annual Prince of Wales…

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On the Trails: Sticky plants

Many plants produce sticky or hooked hairs (technically called trichomes) that are useful in a dazzling array of…

The aftermath of an avalanche that roared down Mount Juneau on March 31. Photo by Bruce Rogers.

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Photos: Avalanche on Mount Juneau

An avalanche roars down Mount Juneau on March 31.

Removing the plastic from young rhubarb.

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Dirt Girl: Prepping your raised bed

With starts on my windowsill and any other place I can find to cram them in, I’m ready…

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Alaska Science Forum: Thule people had northern life figured out

About 1,000 years ago, Norse explorer Leif Ericson bumped into the New World at Newfoundland. The old world…

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Sentinels of change: Gray whales in the Arctic

Gray whales do things differently. Gray whales look different, swim farther, and fight more fiercely than other whales.…

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Upper Taku Inlet king fishing closed

For sport fishing of king salmon in Juneau, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport…

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Trout Unlimited seeks volunteers to upgrade a trail to protect salmon habitat

The Juneau Chapter of Trout Unlimited is working with the U.S. Forest Service to upgrade salmon rearing habitat…

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Be bear aware

Gov. Bill Walker proclaimed April to be Bear Awareness Month for good reason: bears have been roused earlier…

Yakutat hosts one of the largest and southernmost known nesting colonies of Aleutian Terns.

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Sixth annual Yakutat Tern Festival celebrates Aleutian and Arctic Terns

The Sixth Annual Yakutat Tern Festival is June 2–5. The festival is a celebration of the natural and…

Pussy willows.

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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…