Sports
Out of the Office: The weekend
By the second week of March, I had pretty much forgotten about the dry cabin I’d booked for…
Life
‘Tongass Odyssey’ explores decades of research, politics and change
‘What we learned is that old growth forest is very important’
News
Soldotna lends support to Tsalteshi grant request
The trails association recently applied for a grant through the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
Sports
Refuge Notebook: The outlook for Pacific brant
After a multiweek weather delay, Biologist/Pilot Heather Wilson and I took off from Kenai just before noon, Jan.…
Sports
Tangled Up in Blue: Throwbacks
There’s still a box of fancy heels and short, summer dresses wasting away in my parents’ basement right…
Sports
Out of the Office: Up the Alcan
Five days and nearly 2,500 miles: That’s how long I traveled to get to Alaska.
Sports
Refuge Notebook: Meet our amazing Pacific brant
This is the first of a two-part series describing a charismatic but lesser known goose species, its past,…
Sports
10-year-old takes home $87,000 for top fish in Homer tourney
‘Quite a bit of that is going to go to college tuition,’ dad says of son’s earnings
Sports
Refuge Notebook: Read a book, spend time in nature with StoryWalk
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more…
News
Workshop highlights farming risk to salmon
The number of farms in Alaska has grown by 30% over the last five years.
News
Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament returns this Saturday
After one-year hiatus, winter king tournament is back with COVID safety restrictions
News
Sockeye runs on Kenai and Kasilof predicted to be less than 20-year average
The sockeye fishery opens the third Monday in June or June 19, whichever comes last.
Sports
Out of the Office: Living in Alaska is a lifetime in learning
From boots to parkas, there’s lots to figure out about surviving in the Last Frontier
Sports
Refuge Notebook: Update on non-native species in refuge
While some planned projects at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge were put on hold in summer 2020 due…
Sports
Tangled Up in Blue: Passing through
I started writing this column 17 miles into a three-day, 38-mile ski. We had just reached the pass…
Sports
Refuge Notebook: A new perspective on Kenai morels
Years ago, a co-worker shared with me a place where morels appeared at the bases of cottonwood trees.…
News
State, refuge to tackle invasive pike problem
The species threatens native fish populations in the area, including rainbow trout and juvenile salmon.
News
A crash course in fly-fishing
The tutorial was presented by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in partnership with the Kenai Chamber of Commerce…