With fire season winding down, state sends firefigthers south
Bucket list! Once-in-a-lifetime! Saved up for years! Not enough time to see it all! Dream destination! I hear these exclamations at the refuge’s visitor center… Continue reading
Residents may now obtain permits for burn barrels as well as for small and large-scale brush fires.
Refuge to start open air ranger station
Burn areas provide new views
Soldotna pioneer Marge Mullen turns 100
Activities return to district facilities
It’s no secret that wildfires play a significant ecological role in Alaska’s boreal forests, including those here on the western Kenai Peninsula. Everyone who drives… Continue reading
Those affected by the fire have one more month to apply for a federal disaster loan.
When the Swan Lake Fire started, we knew we had an opportunity to get even more morels.
The U.S. Forest Service will not be allowing any recreational permits for the remainder of 2020.
One of the differences will be in how much volunteer help the forest gets.
While people have been taking advantage of the abundance of morels following last year’s Swan Lake Fire, I have been asked many questions about them.… Continue reading
I’m writing this in the car on the drive to Anchorage. My boyfriend, Nate, and I are in the process of moving back to the… Continue reading
The institution, started in 2007, was the only one on the Kenai Peninsula to do a virtual graduation.
The creation of the commission was included as a goal of the borough’s comprehensive plan.
Everything from illegal debris burns to hot chainsaws in dry grass were the culprits of the fires.
Last year, more than 5,000 firefighters were brought north to Alaska to combat wildfires.
2019 will be synonymous with wildland fire for most of the residents of the Kenai Peninsula, and as the details of date and time fade… Continue reading
Residents of the Kenai Peninsula are all too familiar with wildfire after the summer of 2019. Not only did the Swan Lake Fire burn for… Continue reading
