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OUTDOORS Ted Bailey "Nearly all our scientific understanding stems from observing and interrogating nature at some level. Nature as a teacher does not lecture or provide study guides. Instead, natural systems appeal to our innate curiosity, with the awesome and strangely beautiful compelling us to learn as best we can."

Birch tree sap wells drilled by hungry woodpeckers

This photo shows a horizontal row of sap wells drilled into birch bark by American three-toed woodpeckers. Woodpeckers repeatedly visit these holes to feed on the sugar-rich sap.
Ted Bailey
This photo shows a horizontal row of sap wells drilled into birch bark by American three-toed woodpeckers. Woodpeckers repeatedly visit these holes to feed on the sugar-rich sap.
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THE REC GUIDE

WINTER ACTIVITIES

If you think the Kenai Peninsula is beautiful in the summer, you should see it when cloaked under a thick blanket of white with the aurora borealis rippling through the celestial canopy above.

BERRIES OF THE KENAI PENINSULA

Whether intentionally seeking berries for jellies and jams or just out for a casual hike, residents and visitors will find the 50-some varieties of wild berries in Alaska hard to resist.

COMMON SENSE SURVIVAL

There’s adventure and beauty in the wild country, but also an element of risk.

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