Guided walks will be held daily for those 8 years and older from Tuesday through Saturday of next week
My mom loves looking up at the night sky. When we were kids, she’d wake my sister and me up and make us watch a… Continue reading
Since winter lasts from October to May on Diamond Ridge, you’d better love winter.
Bird nerd, bird geek and bird brain are just a few of the accolades I have acquired over the years. Of course, these labels were… Continue reading
When people think of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, chances are the first thing that comes to mind is salmon fishing or some other activity… Continue reading
My fiance and I on Monday celebrated our third Valentine’s Day together with a trip to city hall. And before you get ahead of yourself,… Continue reading
I caught COVID a couple of weeks ago and it sucked. I’m not sure how I was exposed, or by whom, but the symptoms hit… Continue reading
I was listening to the distinct sound of a woodpecker drumming a few days ago and caught a flash of a black and white bird.… Continue reading
Memory is strongly tied to place. That’s why I can never take the ski from Arc Lake to Slikok Lake without thinking of Alan Boraas,… Continue reading
In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Kenai National Moose Range. Today this nearly 2-million-acre tract of public land is known as the Kenai… Continue reading
Adventuring in Alaska has been much better with my fur buddy. Moving to the Kenai Peninsula from the Lower 48 is a pretty large feat… Continue reading
From time to time, we reshare past Refuge Notebook articles. We selected this article as part of our efforts to commemorate the Kenai National Wildlife… Continue reading
Moose, bears, sled dogs wolves, whales oh my: Alaska offers many adventures to check off.
As we at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge seek to know about the living things that call this place home, we come across many interesting… Continue reading
I’m still trying to find out where I belong in Homer. You’d think after nine months on the peninsula that I’d have some idea of… Continue reading
Note: In celebration of the Refuge’s 80th year, the Refuge Notebook articles will periodically feature stories from past members of the refuge team reflecting back… Continue reading
The winter solstice fell on a beautiful Tuesday last month. I woke up to flickers of sunshine peeking through the gaps in the curtains and… Continue reading
“You know,” he said, “we used to groom the ski trails by packing them down with snowshoes.”
Just a few weeks ago, on Dec. 16, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge turned 80.
Over the five years that I’ve written Tangled Up In Blue, a lot has happened that seems so insignificant now.
