All the work in spring begins to emerge around this time. Some of it offers nice surprises with displays of abundance while others provide only… Continue reading
The Tongass National Forest is handing out free Every Kid in a Park passes, but one has to be in fourth grade to get one.… Continue reading
Karen Bradford, a 25-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been selected as the acting superintendent of Katmai National Park and Preserve. Bradford has… Continue reading
Starting today, sport fishing for king salmon and snagging will be prohibited within a 200-yard radius of the Wayside Park Fishing Dock (Channel Wayside fishing… Continue reading
The Forest Service is seeking to find an alternative use of the historic M/V Chugach, the last wooden ranger boat in the fleet operating in… Continue reading
SKAGWAY — Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park will host a celebration of the 40th birthday of the park on June 30. All events are… 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
Although the invasive water-weed elodea was officially eradicated from the Kenai Peninsula this summer, the statewide threat remains. Floatplanes, which can inadvertently carry colonies of… Continue reading
Jeff Kauffman resigned as the Alaska resident member of the International Pacific Halibut Commission on June 22, shortly after he and two fellow fishermen agreed… Continue reading
A person might think that since we get our maximum sunlight on the summer solstice (on or about June 21), we should also get our… Continue reading
A larger-than-normal seasonal presence has hampered some Juneau inhabitants this Spring and Summer, impeding members of our locally-rooted population. It isn’t an infestation of tourists… Continue reading
A minus 4 1/2-foot tide drew us out to check the intertidal zone. As we strolled across a wide sandy stretch at the water’s edge,… Continue reading
WHITEHORSE — The race roster is set for the 18th annual Yukon River Quest, which will begin on Wednesday, June 29, in Whitehorse. This year’s… Continue reading
The message on prices for Alaska’s sockeye fishermen from Juneau economics firm McDowell Group this season is good, but not great.“Despite some positive developments, fishermen… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — The Ranger Districts for the Tongass National Forest are switching their mailing list from snail mail to email.A Tuesday press release from the… Continue reading
Once, while camped in a valley in the Central Brooks Range, I dreamt I heard an old woman crying outside my tent. When I woke… Continue reading
Last year I switched growing my greens from the community garden to the back deck of the boat. I had thought that having lettuce at… Continue reading
In birds, mammals, some plants and many other organisms, biological gender is typically determined genetically. That is, biological sex of an individual is determined at… Continue reading
NY-ALESUND, Norway — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday visited Norway’s extreme north, viewing areas where climate change has melted ice and opened… Continue reading
Interior Alaska is a hungry place — lots of boreal forest and swampy wetlands with big, flat rivers winding through. Wildlife sightings, especially of big… Continue reading
