Some friends and I find it endlessly entertaining to take a walk and just see what we can see. Sometimes our curiosity raises more questions… Continue reading
While Alaskans have long endured dense mosquitoes and frigid air, we’ve always had the absence of venomous snakes and dog ticks.But the latter may be… Continue reading
HONOLULU — Halfway between East and West, President Barack Obama traveled Thursday to one of the most remote corners of the ocean — Midway Atoll… Continue reading
BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana re-opened portions of the Yellowstone River and some tributaries Thursday but is keeping a popular stretch closed to all recreational activity… Continue reading
HILO, Hawaii — A tropical storm left parts of Hawaii’s Big Island soggy but intact Thursday as residents of the island state prepare for a… Continue reading
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — When Asha Jones and other Grand Canyon interns arrived for their summer at the national park, they were struck… Continue reading
A bumblebee colony begins in spring, when a queen bee emerges from hibernation and searches for nectar and pollen.She mated the previous fall, so her… Continue reading
Alfred Brooks was a geologist who traveled thousands of miles in Alaska and left his name on the state’s northernmost mountain range. Twenty years before… Continue reading
The Johnson Youth Center Garden Program may not have taken gold, but at the Harvest Fair I counted 29 ribbons from their entries. In the… Continue reading
Waterfowl hunting season opens Sept. 1 over much of Alaska and several regulations changes – including increases to daily bag limits for canvasbacks, snow geese… Continue reading
The U.S. Forest Service invites the community to participate in design meetings beginning 6:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Juneau Ranger District conference room at… Continue reading
SPOKANE, Wash. — Wolf advocates are outraged that the state is preparing for the second time to exterminate an entire wolf pack for preying on… Continue reading
On a rainy Juneau day, seven members of the Juneau Gun Club participated in a scheduled ATA Registered Shoot. Six shot while one member, “Bud”… Continue reading
HELENA, Mont. — The Western Governors’ Association plans five workshops to discuss forest and rangeland management practices and develop a compromise that could include more… Continue reading
For the upcoming duck season, the Juneau Gun Club is offering to its members and the general public a four-week shotgun shooting practice league. The… Continue reading
Niagara Falls is the latest natural wonder to add a zip line, offering honeymooners and everyone else the chance to take an adrenaline-pumping plunge toward… Continue reading
The Southeast Alaska Tribal Toxins partnership discovered harmful toxins in some phytoplankton that could cause health effects in humans while collecting samples in Southeast Alaska.SEATT… Continue reading
For the second year running, Yukon River chinook salmon seem to be climbing out of an abundance pit.The river is home to a bulk of… Continue reading
Weather patterns contributed to a screwy sockeye run in 2015, and this year the same is happening to pinks, the second-largest salmon harvest in Alaska.In… Continue reading
Occasionally, friends have asked me about the life cycles of plants, so here I will attempt to summarize them, in the context of plant evolution.… Continue reading