November brought many small delights and some puzzles along the trails. On the first day of November, near the swamp on the Lemon Creek trail,… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Stocks have stabilized and bycatch is as low as it’s been since 1960, however the halibut quota for next year will edge down… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE - Pebble Limited Partnership is asking for legal fees to wrap up one lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency and hopes to settle another… 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
The Alaska Wildlife Alliance presents its speaker series, Wildlife Wednesdays, at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library from 7-8 p.m. on Dec. 7. The presentation “Beavers… Continue reading
Glacier Bay National Park now has its own app. The program, called “Glacier Bay National Park Chimani,” runs on iPhone and Android devices, and allows… Continue reading
The forces shaping Alaska never sleep, especially near Yakutat.I once visited the fishing town of about 800 people and many dogs. My assignment was to… Continue reading
GREEN BAY, Wis. — A Wisconsin hunter has killed an eight-point ... doe?WLUK-TV reported that Wayne Douville was hunting near Abrams in northeastern Wisconsin on… Continue reading
In mid November, the tide tables told us that there would be some big (over 20-foot) tides during the daylight hours. These were associated with… Continue reading
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a bill into law that expands the list of firearms permitted for hunting in Pennsylvania to include… 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
