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Southeast Alaskan snowboarder Ryland Bell wins Haines Freeride event
The 2016 Swatch Freeride World Tour returned to Haines at the end of March. It was the fourth…
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Things fall apart
There’s a rust spot on my tailgate. It started as an injury sustained while throwing rounds of cedar…
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Fish Factor: 1.5 million write against Frankensalmon
Alaska fishermen can send an SOS call directly to the Coast Guard, but many are not hooking up…
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Agency debuts tools to track Alaska marine diets, ecosystems
JUNEAU — SScientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have debuted two databases designed to give researchers…
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Traceability in seafood chain about money, not just ethics
PORTLAND, Maine — A coalition of environmentalists and seafood industry professionals is campaigning to make the case that…
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The Walking Trip: Walkers in the Woods, Part Two
Editor’s note: This is part two of a continuing series about Logan Miller and Nick Rutecki, both of…
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On the Trails: Spring equinox
The week that included the equinox brought a run of more nice weather, calling me out to note…
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For foolproof baked salmon, reach for the foil
We all know that eating fish several times a week is a healthy goal. But a lot of…
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Ghost ship artifacts emerge in museum
Ships with no humans aboard have long ridden the seas, often floating with supernatural stories of being piloted…
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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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Fish & Game to survey Cook Inlet razor clams
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game plans to study the razor clams on the west side of…
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Sitka herring fishery closes 4,600 tons short
SITKA — Fish and Game closed the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery Monday, with more than 4,600…
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Soldotna Creek targeted for pike eradication
KENAI — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is preparing to move forward in the second phase…
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Wrangell’s Stikine River Birding Festival
The Stikine River Birding Festival celebrates the spring arrival of migratory birds, including hundreds of thousands of shorebirds…
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“We Eat Fish!” film screening
Inside Passage Waterkeeper’s new film “We Eat Fish!” about subsistence harvest and commercial fishing will be shown in…
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BLM Alaska seeks nominations to Resource Advisory Council
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations for five positions on BLM’s Alaska Resource Advisory Council, which…
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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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Parasitic rhizocephalan barnacles
There are many species of parasitic barnacles, distributed around the world. The rhizocephalans parasitize crabs; they are sometimes…
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Acorn and gooseneck barnacles
There are hundreds of species of barnacle and they do some very peculiar things (from our perspective). The…
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Crab grab
Female tanner crabs, particularly those that have mated in previous years, commonly gather in huge groups, at a…