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Refuge Notebook: Online citizen science: Making your interests count
Many of us who spend time on the Kenai Peninsula have to some extent been drawn by our…
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An Outdoor View: What’s a fisherman to do?
It happened a couple of weeks ago on one of those foggy, fall days when the temperature likes…
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Autumn Joy sedum lives up to its name
For some visual joy in autumn, plant Autumn Joy sedum. The plants’ domed flower clusters now smile skyward…
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Refuge Notebook: The Kenai Isthmus is a management conundrum
The Kenai Peninsula is a big chunk of land. With more than 6 million acres, it’s about the…
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An Outdoor View: On salmon
Author’s note: This column first appeared in the Clarion in 1993. I still believe this stuff. — LP…
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‘Crossed up: Cyclocross comes to Soldotna
A herd of cyclists gathered outside Skyview Middle School on the Tsalteshi trailhead Oct. 8 for the inaugural…
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Tight Lines: Autumn fishing: So many options, so little time
With our summer visitors long gone, and school well underway, the restlessness that accompanies the long days of…
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For some, pheasant season starts at preserve
AVON, Minn. (AP) — The 8-month-old English pointer followed the pheasant scent, sometimes ranging in circles, sometimes diving…
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Walking the Americas: Woman preps for 5-year trek
SMITHVILLE, Mo. — The night before Bethany Hughes started on the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile hike from…
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Refuge Notebook: A summer of birdsong
The early bird catches the worm they always say, but what if you want to catch the bird?…
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An Outdoor View: Extreme fishing
At daybreak one morning this week, I was fishing from the bank of the Kenai River for silver…
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Teen IDs hooded oriole in Juneau
When 14-year-old Owen Squires first looked through a pair of binoculars and told his mother the bird she’d…
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Refuge Notebook: Refuge intern has best summer by far
I didn’t know what to expect when I accepted the visitor services internship at the Kenai National Wildlife…
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An Outdoor View: The king of Alaska’s rivers, Part 3
Author’s note: This is the third and final part of a story that first appeared in the the…
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Refuge Notebook: More to a bird feeder than just its contents
As much as we hate to admit it, winter is approaching. For some of us winter means snow…
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An Outdoor View: The king of Alaska’s rivers, Part 2
Author’s note: This is the second part of a story that first appeared in the the December/January 2003…
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Tips on getting your four-footed friend ready for hiking
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — My new best friend has sketchy bowel control, is banned for life from national…
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Trip through slough provides different perspective
FAIRBANKS (AP) — Noyes Slough provides a behind-the-scenes tour of urban Fairbanks, complete with passage under nine bridges,…
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Refuge Notebook: Varied Thrush still around on the Kenai
Fall is in the air. Last week, I took a quick walk through the woods. I watched golden…
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An Outdoor View: The king of Alaska’s rivers
Author’s note: The December/January 2003 issue of Alaska magazine contained a photo-essay about the Kenai River, in which…