Beets are a vegetable that I have worked hard to like. I can tolerate them in dishes, but I don’t find a plate of them… Continue reading
An International Migratory Bird Day celebration will take place at the Juneau Community Garden this Saturday, May 6. The popular day of bird-oriented education is… Continue reading
Starting in mid-April this year, we began to see a few species of early-flying butterflies. In general, Juneau is not blessed with a great diversity… Continue reading
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or… Continue reading
The wave of Grow it Yourself is breaking over Southeast Alaska, a flood of seed starting, indoor seedling gardens and raised bed building is filling… Continue reading
Mid-April found us enjoying warm, sunny days, but the nights were still very cool. The ice continued to cover most of my home pond, leaving… Continue reading
Twenty years ago, I was 34 when I walked away from a chain-link fence near Port Valdez and headed east. Those were the first steps… Continue reading
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or… Continue reading
From lanky sandhill cranes to petite red-necked phalaropes, migratory birds are appearing statewide in ever-increasing numbers, adding life to Alaska’s skies and cacophonies of sound… Continue reading
Skiing to work over a persistent spring snowpack, I looked up to see a large white bird flapping gracefully over the spruce tops. A few… Continue reading
On a gorgeously sunny day in mid-April, a group of hikers stopped for lunch on the beach near the Boy Scout camp. And a leisurely… Continue reading
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or… Continue reading
The Empire is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors Editor, outdoors@juneauempire.com. For all photos include… Continue reading
Not long ago, I sat on a rock near Auke Rec, watching a squadron of scoters busily diving for mussels. They weren’t doing their coordinated,… Continue reading
Spring is coming, and so are the birds. With the spring migration of hundreds of thousands of shorebirds to the Stikine River Delta, the 20th… Continue reading
The limit for harvesting Alaska’s state fish is dropping by quite a bit this year. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) announced this… Continue reading
More than 700 donors believe in an attempt to recreate the ice age in Siberia. The operators of Pleistocene Park have raised more than $100,000… Continue reading
Roll over in the deep dark bed, stretch and yawn, rub your sleepy eyes and poke your first little buds up out of the earth.… Continue reading
The Empire is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors Editor, outdoors@juneauempire.com. For all photos include… Continue reading
I’m not sure if March ended like a lamb. It certainly wasn’t worse than its entrance, but compared to the gentle, idyllic springs of the… Continue reading
