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On the Trails: Magpies
Juneau sees magpies in fall, winter, and early spring, outside of the nesting season. They come to us…
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Saving Jordan Creek
In certain places, it’s easy to forget about Jordan Creek: its lower reaches run between parking lots, shopping…
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31 kids compete in first fall trap tournament
Thirty-one trap team athletes from Petersburg, Sitka, Haines, and Rabbit Creek, as well as the Houston Hawks, the…
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Chasing Shadows premiere
Eaglecrest Ski Area is premiering Warren Miller Entertainment’s new snowsports film, Chasing Shadows, at the Rockwell Ballroom Nov.…
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Fall fun fest at the glacier tomorrow
The US Forest Service is hosting a family event at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center from 10:30 a.m.…
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Wild Shots
The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your…
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Rampant Rabbits: Invasive, feral rabbits overrun Valley Neighborhood
Shortly before midnight three years ago, the Department of Fish and Game received word that somebody had spotted…
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Juneau Trap Team to host inaugural Fall Shoot Invitational
The Juneau Trap Team will host its inaugural Fall Shoot Invitational from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on…
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Wild Shots
The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your…
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On the Trails: Finding noise in the ‘Quiet’
If we venture off into the forest, away from town and roads (and aircraft, if possible), we often…
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Forest Service proposes raised cabin fees
Under new proposed rental fees, the cost of a night’s stay at some popular U.S. Forest Service cabins…
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Face of northern Alaska pitted by tundra fire
Eight summers ago, a bolt of lightning struck a dry tundra hillside in northern Alaska. Fanned by a…
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NPS, state divided on sport hunting rules
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and a state commission tasked with keeping an eye on federal…
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Entries wanted for ASMI’s annual Fishing Families Photo Contest
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute is again inviting photographers from Alaska and beyond to enter their photographs in…
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School garden grant applications now being accepted
Annie’s grants for gardens is accepting applications through Dec. 4, 2015. This opportunity will award 30 schools $2,500…
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Alaska recipe book
Alaska Child Nutrition Programs has come out with an Alaska specific recipe book. ‘Make It Local: Recipes for…
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‘Sharing the Trails’ event aims to demystify trapping
Trapping season in the Juneau area opened Nov. 1 and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game would…
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Annual Ski Sale happening Saturday
The annual Juneau Ski Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 7…
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Oceanographers find whalesong in Arctic waters
A team of researchers recording the sounds of whales in Alaska’s Arctic have recorded humpback whales singing in…
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Rising seas, peat may have done in large ice age animals
ANCHORAGE — Woolly mammoths and other large ice age mammals thrived in northern Alaska until environmental changes turned…