The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) will offer a Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor workshop in Juneau on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 8 a.m. to… Continue reading
We hear a lot about the many ways that we humans pollute our environment — ocean acidification, plastic trash accumulating in ocean gyres and on… Continue reading
According to several eyewitness reports, a bird with a wingspan nearly the width of Mendenhall Loop Road has been spotted in the Mendenhall Valley. The… Continue reading
In the past I’d only ever been to Sawmill Creek, north of Juneau, by kayak in the summer. I thought it was inaccessible by land… Continue reading
A few mornings ago, I saw the fresh tracks of a big buck in a creek bed at the base of a mountain. I was… Continue reading
Permits to visit Anan Wildlife Observatory near Wrangell will go on sale at 8 a.m. Feb. 1 for the summer 2018 season, the U.S. Forest… Continue reading
Sometime in mid-January, after a nice cold snap, the temperatures soared into the fifties; even near the glacier it was in the balmy forties. Near… Continue reading
Sprouting from your head at the rate of more than three inches a year, hair is a recorder of the things you eat and drink… Continue reading
Master gardener training that begins Feb. 7 in Juneau will teach participants how to design, plant, and maintain a successful garden in Southeast Alaska. Classes… Continue reading
Here’s an assortment of winter observations that gave pleasure to some trail-walkers. • Late November, Eaglecrest. Parks and Rec hikers on snowshoes went up the… Continue reading
“I have heard that the huge releases of hatchery pink and chum salmon are seriously reducing food for king and coho salmon. It would seem… Continue reading
Deep within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, staff at a remote ranger station on the north shore of Telaquana Lake noted something amiss. Wolves,… Continue reading
The U.S. Forest Service announced a change of schedule for the first Fireside Lecture at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. Photographer Mark Kelley is not able… Continue reading
In September of 2014, my girlfriend MC and I met a First Nations man at a gas station in the Yukon village of Teslin. We… Continue reading
Want to influence Alaska’s hunting regulations? The Alaska Board of Game has called for proposed changes to hunting and trapping rules for Southeast and Southcentral… Continue reading
There are no photographs of bison spilling by the thousands across the Great Plains. By the time cameras came along, most of the bison were… Continue reading
A recent spell of very cold weather made me think about (among other things) bears hibernating in their dens, keeping warm by using the fat… Continue reading
On the upper Chena River in the heart of a cold winter, a songbird appeared on a gravel bar next to gurgling water that somehow… Continue reading
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors… Continue reading
I decided to break away from Juneau to spend New Year’s in Ireland. Directly after arriving in Dublin, which is on the east coast, I… Continue reading
