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A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sockeye wrapping up, coho still on the way

Northern Kenai Fishing Report for Aug. 25, 2023

A very scary butterfly is seen at the side of a lake along Hidden Creek Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska, on July 8, 2023. (Photo courtesy Ashley Every)

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Out of the Office: Moments of joy

Sometimes I make a cup of coffee just to feel something. That is, holding a warm mug and…

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Senior Advisor for Conservation Boyd Bilhovde, Bureau of Land Management Alaska Director Steve Cohn, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang and Alaska State Parks Director Ricky Gease participate in a panel discussion at the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Kenai Classic Roundtable at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Officials talk fish in Soldotna

Kenai Classic Roundtable topics include chinook, wind turbines, collaboration

A close-up view of spruce tip rust on spruce tips on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by USFWS/Kris Inman)

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Refuge Notebook: Another big year for spruce tip rust

Much like 2018, the orange tips of young spruce trees are catching people’s attention and reminded me of…

The Anchor River flows in the Anchor Point State Recreation Area on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Creek walking in cool summer

Growing up spending my summers in one outdoor activity camp or another, my favorite days of all were…

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sockeye slow, coho improving

Northern Kenai Fishing Report for Aug. 16

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

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Single-hook restriction on Kenai River extended

The extension is intended to continue protection of late-run king salmon

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at the Kenai Classic Roundtable at Kenai Peninsula College on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Annual roundtable to discuss king salmon, energy development, federal funding

The roundtable will open with a keynote address by Rep. Mary Peltola and close with Gov. Mike Dunleavy

The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020, near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Russian River Campground closes Wednesday

The road is set to be reopened on May 29

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sockeye salmon fishing slowing

Northern Kenai Fishing Report for Aug. 10

John “Gus” Knox, right, holds a salmon he caught during the Kenai River Junior Classic in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Smiles and salmon

Junior classic takes kids on the river

Examples of the tags that will be affixed to coho salmon caught by researchers on the Kenai River this year. (Photo courtesy Department of Fish and Game)

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Joint study to tag Kenai River coho

Up to 490 transmitters will be implanted into healthy salmon this year

Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai to replace culvert obstructing baby salmon

The ordinance designates $30,000 for the project

Anglers gather along the banks of the Kenai River near Sportsman’s Landing in Cooper Landing in September 2018. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Russian River sockeye limits double Wednesday

As of Sunday, around 53,000 sockeye salmon have passed the Russian River weir

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Northern Kenai dipnetting now closed

Anglers are required to complete online reporting by Aug. 15

A beautiful stop along Skyline Trail on the way to collect vegetation surveys in the Swan Lake Fire. (Photo by USFWS/Jackie Morton)

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Refuge Notebook: Wild and free — My summer as an intern in Alaska

Dozens of Dall sheep pellets pelted my face like hail on a windshield. A celebratory selfie, finished off…

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fishing good on Kenai River, improving on Russian River

Northern Kenai Fishing Report for Aug. 3, 2023

Trail River cabin is already under construction. (Photo courtesy Harvey Hergett/United States Forest Service)

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Construction of new public use cabins begins in Moose Pass

Two other cabins are being constructed at the Porcupine Campground in Hope and by Meridian Lake in Seward

Sockeye salmon carcasses line the shore at North Kenai Beach, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. The daily number of sockeye salmon counted by sonar in the Kenai River surpassed 100,000 for the first time this year on Tuesday. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai River dipnetting ends Monday, reporting due by Aug. 15

As of Thursday, around 906,000 sockeye have been counted in the Kenai River’s late run

Hikers walk around the base of Byron Glacier on Sunday, June 18, 2023 near Girdwood, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Surveying the Chugach

The longer I live in Alaska, the more I worry that I’m taking it for granted.