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Freezer Food Series trades darkness for daylight

The Freezer Food Series has come out of the darkness and into the light.

Refuge Notebook: Wildfire apprentice catches the fire bug

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Refuge Notebook: Wildfire apprentice catches the fire bug

By ALLIE CUNNINGHAM

Tangled up in Blue: Hectic serenity of winter

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Tangled up in Blue: Hectic serenity of winter

It’s been a hectic winter for me so far, which is something for which I wasn’t prepared.

Laurie Lamm takes an exercise break on her lunch hour along the Airport Dike Trail on Thursday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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As the daylight dips, how not to bottom out

I keep this graph in my office.

Refuge Notebook: Elodea partnership recognized

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Refuge Notebook: Elodea partnership recognized

By JOHN MORTON

Anna’s Hummingbird banded in Homer

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Anna’s Hummingbird banded in Homer

Oct. 17, 2018, will be one for the record books. The day began like many others, dealing with…

Newly designed stickers by local artist Pat Race wait for voters during early voting at the State Office Building on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Tangled up in blue: Forced analogies

If I had a choice, every afternoon would be like this afternoon.

Refuge notebook: Alaska blackfish on the Kenai

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Refuge notebook: Alaska blackfish on the Kenai

By MATT BOWSER

Outdoor living: I don’t think we’re in Alaska anymore

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Outdoor living: I don’t think we’re in Alaska anymore

If you are new to Alaska, this is not normal.

Refuge notebook: The impermanence of permafrost

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Refuge notebook: The impermanence of permafrost

By JOHN MORTON

The Asbury Park Convention Hall is seen here during a run taken by the author on Thursday, Oct. 18. In 1933, the cruise liner S.S. Morro Castle narrowly missed the convention center when the flaming ship beached on the coast of Asbury Park. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in Blue: Too many questions

“What are you going to write about for your column this week?”

Where two cottonwood mix

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Where two cottonwood mix

By DAWN ROBIN MAGNESS

Passion and risk

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Passion and risk

Sept. 29 and 30 were not good days for me.

Will Jenks, Christa Kennedy and Scott Johnson on fire assignment at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last month. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: A tale of two refuges

By SCOTT JOHNSON

Refuge notebook: The next generation of conservation pilots

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Refuge notebook: The next generation of conservation pilots

If you were out at the Marsh Lake trail head in the Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area, perhaps you…

Tsalteshi gains support for new grants

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Tsalteshi gains support for new grants

The Tsalteshi Trails Association is hoping to add 4 miles to the trail system and has applied for…

Tangled up in Blue: Finding an average

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Tangled up in Blue: Finding an average

By KAT SORENSEN

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge intern Kyra Clark rakes masses of the invasive waterweed elodea from the Soldotna-area Sport Lake on Tuesday, May 16. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Refuge notebook: Elodea plant species sees intriguing explosion

When Herring gull nestlings peck at the red dot on their parentճ bill, the parents regurgitate food. Is this an instinctive or learned behavior? (Photo credit by Todd Eskelin/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge notebook: Why seagulls have a red dot on their bill

By JOHN MORTON

The Scandinavian shop of the author’s great-grandma. (Photo provided by Victoria Petersen)

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Why fall is a favorite

This is my favorite time of year. Maybe because I was born teeter-tottering on the cusp of Leo…