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Colorful sunrise over Eagle Peak.

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Colorful sunrise over Eagle Peak.

JGC November shoot results

The Juneau Gun Club held it’s November shoot Nov. 5-6. Brice Norton, 14, took high over-all honors with a score of 271/300 (90.3 average) with… Continue reading

Thanksgiving Turkey shoot

The Juneau Gun Club, the Juneau Shooting Sports Foundation, the Juneau Archery Club, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will hold a Thanksgiving… Continue reading

Archery area closed to Mountain Goat hunting in Unit 1C

Biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game in Douglas announced an early closure to the mountain goat hunting season under the state registration… Continue reading

Iliamna Lake Seal not endangered, NMFS says

The National Marine Fisheries Service determined that the Iliamna Lake Seal, a population of seals that overwinter in Alaska’s largest lake, is ineligible for listing… Continue reading

An Arctic ground squirrel in Katmai National Park in late August.

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An Arctic ground squirrel in Katmai National Park in late August.
Pictured is a map of the sea floor off western Alaska showing Zhemchug Canyon, one of the largest canyons in the world. It is from a 1970 paper in Marine Geology by D. Scholl, E. Buffington, D. Hopkins and T. Alpha.

Alaska Science Forum: A visit to one of Earth’s greatest canyons

People wait years for permits to raft the Grand Canyon. Michelle Ridgway once visited a much larger canyon in Alaska, one that most people will… Continue reading

Pictured is a map of the sea floor off western Alaska showing Zhemchug Canyon, one of the largest canyons in the world. It is from a 1970 paper in Marine Geology by D. Scholl, E. Buffington, D. Hopkins and T. Alpha.
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Off the Beaten Path: Wolves of the Noatak

Note to reader: This is last piece in a three-part installment that focuses on encounters with wolves I had during a walk in the Brooks… Continue reading

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Off the Trails: The color green

All summer long, we live in a sea of green. The forest, the bogs, the meadows are awash in greens — silvery, yellowish, dusky, bluish,… Continue reading

Alaska Science Forum: Should birds stay or should they go?

Biologist Susan Sharbaugh, formerly of the Alaska Bird Observatory, once spoke about the strategies birds employ to survive in our season of darkness and cold.… Continue reading

Camping in the Central Brooks Range.

Off the Beaten Path: Bears and caribou

Author’s note: This is the second installment of a three-part series about wolves I met during a walk in the Brooks Range. This piece begins… Continue reading

Camping in the Central Brooks Range.
Moon over mountains, Haines

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Moon over mountains, Haines

Intermittent closure of Dan Moller Trail

The Juneau Snowmobile Club will be conducting helicopter sling load operations to transport gravel to a 115-foot section of Dan Moller Trail, just above the… Continue reading

Sharing the trails with traps information night

Trapping season in the Juneau area opened Nov. 1, and the Department of Fish and Game is providing an information night on traps for the… Continue reading

Iceberg, Baffin Island, Canada

Study links human actions to specific Arctic sea ice melt

WASHINGTON — Driving a gas-powered car about 90 miles — the distance between New York and Philadelphia — melts about a square foot of Arctic… Continue reading

Iceberg, Baffin Island, Canada

Call for proposals on migratory bird subsistence harvest

The annual period to submit proposals to change migratory bird subsistence harvest regulations for the 2018 April-August season opened Nov. 1 and extends through Dec.… Continue reading

2nd Annual Fall Shoot Invitational

The Juneau Gun Club’s Trap Team is hosting their second annual tournament this weekend, Nov. 5-6. The shooting will start at 9 a.m. on Saturday… Continue reading

Juneau Ranger District seeks applications for natural resource projects

The Forest Service invites the public to submit funding applications for natural resource projects in the Juneau area. Proposals are due Dec. 1, 2016 and… Continue reading

A colorful autumn leaf.

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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

A colorful autumn leaf.
The Brooks Range in spring.

Off the Beaten Path: A desperate wolf

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part installment about encounters with wolves the author had during a trek in the Brooks Range.In August… Continue reading

The Brooks Range in spring.