Alaska Outdoors

Collaboration provides water recirculation workshop

Fish Tech professor Jim Seeland, Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems and DIPAC partnered to host a workshop to inform Alaskan fish culturists how recirculation can be used… Continue reading

State awards nearly $300,000 in Clean Water Grants

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation will give $295,493 in Alaska Clean Water Actions grants. The ACWA partnership between DEC and the Departments of Fish… Continue reading

As first-grader Xander Webb is helped out of the top hatch, marine ecologist Michelle Ridgway, right, instructs other Faith Community Christian School students about the training submarine at the Auke Bay Fire Station on Tuesday.

Juneau kids explore Aureo, the yellow submarine

Before lowering himself into Aureo, an erstwhile research vessel brought to Juneau to teach kids about ocean sciences, local Faith Community Christian School fourth-grader Lucas… Continue reading

As first-grader Xander Webb is helped out of the top hatch, marine ecologist Michelle Ridgway, right, instructs other Faith Community Christian School students about the training submarine at the Auke Bay Fire Station on Tuesday.

On the Trails: Here and there in May

The lower muskegs at Eaglecrest were dotted with pink flowers of bog rosemary and the white flowers of cloudberry. Searching specifically for sundews (insect-eating plants),… Continue reading

Alaska Science Forum: Moose flies a high-summer Alaska pest

While boating down the Yukon River during the hottest summer recorded in Alaska (1915, when Fort Yukon reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit), missionary Hudson Stuck wrote… Continue reading

Alaskans ask for improved protections for waters, fish

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources received an unusually high number of comments in a recent public comment period, with residents supporting upgraded conservation measures… Continue reading

Fish Factor: High prices – the talk of the town

Alaska’s salmon season officially got underway on May 16 with the arrival of thousands of sockeye and king salmon at the Copper River near Cordova,… Continue reading

Off the Beaten Path: The brown bear and silver salmon

Off the Beaten Path: The brown bear and silver salmon

On my girlfriend’s first trip to Admiralty Island, we were picking salmon berries when we heard a bear moving through the nearby maze of thorns.… Continue reading

Off the Beaten Path: The brown bear and silver salmon
An image of the Kenai Peninsula taken June 15, 2015, acquired from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the Aqua satellite. The red box in this cropped image is a wildfire.

Alaska Science Forum: Big changes on a big Alaska peninsula

Larger than West Virginia, the Kenai Peninsula has the best of Alaska: coastal rainforests, two icefields, majestic deepwater fiords and a sapphire river home to… Continue reading

An image of the Kenai Peninsula taken June 15, 2015, acquired from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the Aqua satellite. The red box in this cropped image is a wildfire.
A Milbert's tortoiseshell butterfly visits a beach strawberry flower. This individual looks quite winter-worn, its colors somewhat faded.

Off the Trails: Footloose in May

We took the old way up to Cropley Lake, through the woods, working our way around or over windthrows and mudholes. The sun blazed out… Continue reading

A Milbert's tortoiseshell butterfly visits a beach strawberry flower. This individual looks quite winter-worn, its colors somewhat faded.

Optimism for salmon prices in 2016

A new market analysis has an optimistic outlook for the 2016 salmon season — and goes a long way in explaining why Bristol Bay sockeye… Continue reading

A do-it-yourself hanging flower basket is shown.

Dirt Girl: Creating your own hanging baskets

Like most people, I think of cascading flowers when I think of hanging baskets. Despite my predilection for edibles, I like to have at least… Continue reading

A do-it-yourself hanging flower basket is shown.

Youth fishing day at Twin Lakes on June 4

The Juneau Ranger District’s annual co-hosted Family Fishing Day will be at Twin Lakes on June 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Alaska… Continue reading

Director picked for National Weather Service Alaska Region

Carven Scott has been named director of the NOAA National Weather Service’s Alaska Region in Anchorage. He started his new assignment May 15.Beginning in December… Continue reading

Grill yourself on these safety tips

It’s barbecue season, and while people are grilling up hot dogs, hamburgers and steaks, the risk of a home fire also goes up. The National… Continue reading

Two Alaska communities awarded Forest Service Wood Innovation grants

Two Alaska communities were awarded Forest Service Wood Innovation trants: the Haines Borough and the Hydaburg School District. The goal of the grants is to… Continue reading

Wild Shots

Wild Shots

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

Wild Shots

Skagway derby cancelled

Skagway derby cancelledSKAGWAY — Skagway’s Pat Moore Memorial Game Fish Derby has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to low returns… Continue reading

Jeff Lund on work vs. luck

I recently read an article in The Atlantic about the perception of luck and why it matters more than most of us think. In fact,… Continue reading

Fish Factor: The start of salmon season

Alaska’s salmon season has gotten underway with lots of optimism, a far cry from the bleak feelings of a year ago.Last year’s fishery was blown… Continue reading