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Out of the Office: To everything, there is a season
We don’t really have “seasons” where I’m from. It stays an amicable 75 degrees and sunny pretty much…
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Refuge Notebook: Mating systems of moose and caribou
Driving home the other day, my friend and I came across a big bull caribou chasing several cows…
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Tangled Up in Blue: A perfect pedicure
There is just the smallest sliver of light pink nail polish left on my two big toes. Each…
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Refuge Notebook: Spreading my wings and flying into a new field
In 2019, I became a biology intern at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for the first time! Here…
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Refuge Notebook: Will yellow cedar move to Kenai Peninsula?
My first job as a field biologist in Alaska was working for the Tongass National Forest. I was…
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Fall in Alaska is subtle but fabulous
On my mother’s side I come from a long line of New Englanders, the kind of people for…
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Tangled Up in Blue: Shelter from the storm
I recently learned that the opposite of deja vu is jamais vu, meaning “never seen.”
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Refuge Notebook: Wolverines show how knowledge leads to conservation
As I contemplated a topic for this week’s Refuge Notebook article, I turned to a few of my…
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Out of the Office: Finally feeling at home
My partner’s family came into town recently. While the thought of hosting in-laws would make many people I…
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Tangled Up in Blue: Hand Dipped
The Lost Lake Run was a long one. I ran over 15 miles, from Primrose to the Bear…
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Out of the Office: Best-laid plans
The plan was for the family to meet in Colorado to try and summit one of the state’s…
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Tangled Up In Blue: Slowing down
I’m finding myself, more than ever, falling into bouts of anger, and it’s making me mad.
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Refuge Notebook: A long-awaited cleanup gets underway on the Aleutians
In the Aleutian Islands, the war brought thousands of soldiers and enormous quantities of equipment and supplies to…