Alaska Outdoors

‘The sticker guy’: Stick to something, or fall for nothing

I didn’t use to be a sticker guy.

Seeing Red: Highbush cranberries in the snow

Post-holing can pay off.

Alan Thomas Soltys-Gray fishes for salmon. (Courtesy Photo | Tony Soltys)

Fly fishing classes coming up

Learn a new hobby.

Alan Thomas Soltys-Gray fishes for salmon. (Courtesy Photo | Tony Soltys)

The Mating Game

This one’s for the birds.

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos.

The Art of Celestial Navigation

Use the stars to find your way.

The year without summer

A volcanic eruption in 1783 cooled off Alaska.

Juliea Gregory and Shgen George greet returning chum salmon in the clear water that gives Kaxdigoowu Héen its Tlingit name. (Courtesy Photo | Richard Carstensen)

Why does Mendenhall Valley have mink, otters and bear? Naturalists shed light.

They shed light on a watershed.

Juliea Gregory and Shgen George greet returning chum salmon in the clear water that gives Kaxdigoowu Héen its Tlingit name. (Courtesy Photo | Richard Carstensen)

Hunting in the age of internet trolls

Don’t make us the enemy.

Solving the salmon problem

International Year of the Salmon brings people together for common goal.

Antarctica on the solstice: Juneau couple spends holidays with thousands of penguins, near-constant daylight

They traveled south, way south.

A resolution for a sustainable new year

We face a future with great challenges.

This is how the animal kingdom reproduces

Live-bearing, egg-laying and everything in between.

A rehabilitated Pacific harbor seal looks back at people during its release at the Auke Recreation Beach on August 27, 2014. After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence hunters are still wondering if a Juneau-based mine is to blame. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Sealing the spotlight: Wildlife Wednesday to focus on harbor seals

The first Wildlife Wednesday of 2019 will focus on harbor seals. At 7 p.m. tonight, in University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan Lecture Hall, 11066 Auke… Continue reading

A rehabilitated Pacific harbor seal looks back at people during its release at the Auke Recreation Beach on August 27, 2014. After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence hunters are still wondering if a Juneau-based mine is to blame. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Long-distance migrations: How birds fly thousands of miles

These birds cover a lot of mileage.

A hunter’s guide to making the most out of life

I am living two lives and life is going twice as fast.

Life recycled on a wilderness gravel bar

How does a 300-pound animal disappear so fast?

A rehabilitated Pacific harbor seal looks back at people during its release at the Auke Recreation Beach on August 27, 2014. After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence hunters are still wondering if a Juneau-based mine is to blame. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Wildlife Wednesday to focus on harbor seals

If you harbor an interest in seals, there’s a Wednesday night program for you. At 7 p.m. Jan. 2, in University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan… Continue reading

A rehabilitated Pacific harbor seal looks back at people during its release at the Auke Recreation Beach on August 27, 2014. After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence hunters are still wondering if a Juneau-based mine is to blame. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Photos: Traveling for the holidays

To appreciate Juneau’s beauty, you need an outside perspective.

Listening to the heartbeat of Alaska

280 seismic stations silently do their jobs.

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