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Tangled Up in Blue: Shelter from the storm
I ran into a stranger while enjoying some spring skiing on Bear Lake last week.
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Refuge Notebook: Keeping an eye on birds
Around this time of year I start to include a pair of binoculars in my checklist of essentials…
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Out of the Office: Nature in a time of pandemic can heal
As I write this I am in my third day of working at home — or, as I…
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Refuge Notebook: Migration is not canceled
A friend told me recently that March is her favorite month. What? Not May, when our birds of…
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Refuge Notebook: Introducing Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
We’ve probably already met, but you didn’t realize it. We’re the other national wildlife refuge headquartered on the…
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Tangled Up in Blue: Lonely among us
I set daily goals to accomplish during this universal pandemic, a different kind of frontier.
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Out of the Office: Back to basics
What do column writing and cross-country skiing have in common? Sometimes, they’re like pulling teeth.
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Refuge Notebook: Birds of the World resource wows
Recently a friend asked me for information about spruce grouse. I am sure he saw the slight look…
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Tangled Up in Blue: Don’t think twice
When my first Alaska Permanent Fund dividend hit my bank account, I did what every Alaskan wants to…
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Refuge Notebook: Metabarcoding in our backyard
I like low key, low tech, cheap science. That is part of why I became an entomologist. I…
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Out of the Office: Dropping a line
In my ongoing quest to shake off my Florida roots and achieve the illustrious title of “Real Alaskan,”…
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Refuge Notebook: I Think I Can Ski
Let us start with a riddle. There are 11 frogs sitting on a log. Five of the frogs…
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Tangled Up in Blue: A good ski with friends
This past weekend I spent my Saturday night waxing skis. Sunday, I woke up before the crack of…
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Refuge Notebook: Ice fishing the Swanson River Road area lakes
Winter is my favorite season here on the Kenai Peninsula. Everything is slower, quieter. You can just sense…
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Refuge Notebook: Completion of the Sterling Highway Improvements Project
As anyone visiting the Skilak Lake Wildlife Recreation Area or traveling between the Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage knows,…
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Refuge Notebook: Refuge K9 officer receives new name
Who has ever poured over a list of possible baby names, highlighting favorites and writing them down for…
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Tangled Up in Blue: Piecing together a win
My friend Joseph is a Scrabble savant by my standards and, I would think, by many other’s standards…
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El Paso or bust
It was minus 22 when we left for the Anchorage airport earlier this month. It was a sunny,…
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Tangled Up in Blue: A Bear Lake Loop
All summer long, you can find rowers, kayakers and more on Bear Lake just outside of Seward. Somewhere…
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Refuge notebook: Wintering sparrows find their way to Kenai
A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change highlighted some work by Dr. Kyle Horton and…