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Out of the Office: Burn it all down
The plastic paradox and rockwork on Skyline Trail
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Refuge Notebook: Become a secret agent at refuge headquarters
App allows for outdoor discovery
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Out of the Office: From Anchorage to Soldotna for the 1st time
Beauty overwhelms on initial drive
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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.
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Refuge Notebook: Kenai birches came from Asia
Evidence still needed to show what Kenai birch conclusively is
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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…
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Refuge Notebook: Mosquito serves as unofficial Alaska state bird
Insect makes life in backcountry tough
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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…
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Refuge Notebook: Landslides awakening in our glaciated mountains
In 2015, a slope above Taan Fiord — an arm of Icy Bay not too far from Yakutat…
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Tangled Up in Blue: Something about Taylor Swift
I had an interesting style during my middle and high school years, to put it softly. I showed…
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COVID camping is about slowing down and relaxing
Recreating during a pandemic presents some challenges. Is the great outdoors great enough? How do you social distance…
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Reeling ‘Em In: Skill level of some fish filletters is surreal
Last weekend as I was cruising the Homer Spit’s cleaning tables to see what was flopping on the…
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Refuge Notebook: Fire: The Common Denominator
At first glance, the boreal forest of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and the pine rocklands of Key Deer…
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Refuge Notebook: Migrations of the Kenai Lowland caribou
Being a seasonal biology technician has its perks. Every summer is a new adventure full of incredible fieldwork,…
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Reeling ‘Em In: Nick offers tips for catching those cohos
I’m still receiving complaints that the smug silvers are continuing to drive some of you nuts at the…
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Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers are still not strong in Fishing Hole
While Turk and I were watching the water evaporate at The Fishing Hole early last week, a guy…