Don’t touch fawnsThe Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation in Sitka reminds the public that deer fawns should not be handled,… Continue reading
Remember a few years ago when one of the local chain stores in Juneau tried selling Atlantic farmed salmon from down south? Oh, the hue… Continue reading
One lap around the parking lot to warm up, and I was glazed in the layer of anticipatory sweat that an Alaskan gets when he’s… Continue reading
On Shaman Island, during a day it seemed everyone in Juneau was outside embracing the sun, I had a friend identify goose tongue. It’s one… 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
