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Eivin Kilcher with his children and their flotsam treasures on Ushagat Island in August 2020. (Photo by Eve Kilcher)

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Refuge Notebook: Flotsam ‘treasure’ harbors wealth of wildlife knowledge

This August, Eivin Kilcher was beachcombing on Ushagat Island when he saw something unusual.

A section of the Diamond Creek beach has built up, with plants growing where 10 years ago there had been bare mud, as seen here on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: Annual CoastWalk beach trek reveals changes, transformation

Volunteers in annual Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies program clean up, monitor beaches

The author is seen here, sharing the world at Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Lewis)

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Tangled Up in Blue: Me, me, me

When I wait until the last minute to write Tangled Up in Blue, inspiration can be hard to…

A long, white strip of soft, white feathers running down the back gives the downy woodpecker its name. (Photo by Colin Canterbury/USFWS.

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Refuge Notebook: The smallest woodpecker

On a recent sortie looking for grouse in the spruce forest of the northern Kenai Peninsula, I heard…

The climb up April Bowl provides expansive views, seen here Aug. 3, 2020 in Hatcher Pass, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: Out of your bubble

Exploring wilderness around the state

Andrew Berg outside his ҈omesteadӠcabin, which stood originally on Tustumena Lake and now stands at the headquarters of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: If these walls could talk

Big game guide Berg led remarkable life

Refuge Notebook: Greater duckweed on Kenai Peninsula refuge

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Refuge Notebook: Greater duckweed on Kenai Peninsula refuge

Plant has tremendous growth rate

A photo of the author’s hands during a drier October full of blueberry picking. (Photo provided by Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled Up in Blue: In between

A spectrum of Octobers

Christine Cunningham, Assistant to the Kenai City Manager, shows off a silver salmon she caught for the 4th annual Kenai Silver Salmon Derby in this undated photo. (Courtesy Christine Cunningham)

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Kenai derby wraps up successful tournament

The derby sold 136 tickets and received 13 company sponsorships

The Kenai River curls to Skilak Lake, as seen from the Hideout Trail on July 5, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Burn it all down

The plastic paradox and rockwork on Skyline Trail

Refuge Notebook: New trail makes Ski Hill safer

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Refuge Notebook: New trail makes Ski Hill safer

Path welcomes all nonmotorized user groups

A promo screen for the app “Agents of Discovery.” (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: Become a secret agent at refuge headquarters

App allows for outdoor discovery

A sign welcomes travelers to the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: From Anchorage to Soldotna for the 1st time

Beauty overwhelms on initial drive

Tangled Up in Blue: Last looks

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Tangled Up in Blue: Last looks

From a splendidly placed saddle near Callisto Peak, you can see Bear Glacier and it’s iceberg-laden lagoon.

Refuge Notebook: Kenai birches came from Asia

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Refuge Notebook: Kenai birches came from Asia

Evidence still needed to show what Kenai birch conclusively is

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Nick wraps up his summer fishing column

It was a short, strange, summer but it looks like the season for doubling the layers of my…

Out of the office: Checking items off the list

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Out of the office: Checking items off the list

Hail to the king

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Silver action is picking up in Anchor River

Varney reports on fishing

Refuge Notebook: Mosquito serves as unofficial Alaska state bird

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Refuge Notebook: Mosquito serves as unofficial Alaska state bird

Insect makes life in backcountry tough

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Try out Nick’s smokin’ salmon brine recipe

I was watching some cool looking, single engine, private jets rocketing out of the airport the other day…