Jim’s Landing honors two close friends: James (“Big Jim”) O’Brien and James (“Little Jim”) Dunmire.
A study from researchers across Alaska said that the region should expect future fire seasons comparable to 2019.
As the sun stays up longer, and the ice in our yard melts away, I’m also assessing our pantry.
While the outlook looks average, weather patterns and fire mitigation techniques can all be factors.
While some planned projects at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge were put on hold in summer 2020 due the pandemic, we in the refuge’s biology… Continue reading
Years ago, a co-worker shared with me a place where morels appeared at the bases of cottonwood trees. I have found them at that same… Continue reading
I started writing this column 17 miles into a three-day, 38-mile ski. We had just reached the pass part of the Resurrection Pass trail, where… Continue reading
It was the year that almost wasn’t for peninsula tourism.
A friend and colleague recently sent me a list of “things to consider” as 2020 drew to a close (all credit to the unidentified source… Continue reading
In a gliding dive it swooped down from atop an aspen and disappeared, plunging into the fresh snow behind a stand of willows. I hunkered… Continue reading
The loans are meant to help businesses become more resilient in the face of economic disasters.
The borough will enter into agreements with the Boys and Girls Club of the Kenai Peninsula and Central Emergency Services
As a park ranger for the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, I get to spend a lot of time on the refuge’s trails and in the… Continue reading
Skyline Trail was the top priority for getting trail work done and getting the trail reopened for the public to enjoy. Skyline is arguably our… Continue reading
Businesses across the peninsula feel effects of COVID summer
The plastic paradox and rockwork on Skyline Trail
Hare cycle is key to boreal forest
The contest asks students to come up with an idea related to conservation or disaster preparedness.
Recreating during a pandemic presents some challenges. Is the great outdoors great enough? How do you social distance on a narrow wilderness trail? How toxic… Continue reading