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Trail River cabin is already under construction. (Photo courtesy Harvey Hergett/United States Forest Service)

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Construction of new public use cabins begins in Moose Pass

Two other cabins are being constructed at the Porcupine Campground in Hope and by Meridian Lake in Seward

Hikers walk around the base of Byron Glacier on Sunday, June 18, 2023 near Girdwood, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Surveying the Chugach

The longer I live in Alaska, the more I worry that I’m taking it for granted.

A brown bear cub "catches" a salmon carcass. (Photo by C. Canterbury/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Keeping it wild while fishing, camping on Refuge

Sliding one foot in front of another, we crossed the Russian River; our quest for the day was…

Signage points the way to the Swan Lake Cabin in the Chugach National Forest on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Chugach National Forest to hold meetings on 5 proposed cabins

The Chugach National Forest this week set dates for four public meetings about five new public use cabins…

Skyline Trail, June 25, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Mind game

Sunday at the Skyline Trail, a lost jacket gave me a chance for an endurance experiment.

Contestants race down the Kenai River during the 16th Annual Cooper Landing Drift Boat Regata near the Eagle Landing Resort in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Officials: Wear life jackets, use caution when recreating on water

A group of seven people were rescued Saturday from Mile 80 of the Kenai River

Bill Farrell leads a Guided Discovery Hike on the Bear Mountain Trail, near Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Friday, June 23, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Working their way up

Refuge offers summer guided hikes

Jake Dye looks out from the top of Gull Rock in Hope, Alaska, on Saturday, May 13, 2023. He does not yet know that the hike back is far more challenging than the hike out. (Photo courtesy Ashley Every)

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Out of the Office: Off the map

All my life, I’ve been the member of the group who’s in charge of the map. Somewhere along…

The Devil’s Creek Trail in Chugach National Forest, seen June 15, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly backs expanded use of e-bikes in Chugach

The nonbinding resolution calls for class I and II electronic bicycles to be allowed on the forest’s nonmotorized…

Signage points the way to the Swan Lake Cabin in the Chugach National Forest on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Comment sought for proposed public use cabins

The five cabins are set to be constructed in four locations in the Glacier and Seward Ranger Districts

Anglers gather along the banks of the Kenai River near Sportsman’s Landing in Cooper Landing in September 2018. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Sockeye fishing ‘good to excellent’

Northern Kenai fishing report

Muddy runners move down the Tsalteshi Trails’ Porcupine Loop in Soldotna, Alaska, as they participate in the KDLL Mud Run on Friday, June 16, 2023. (Photo provided by KDLL 91.9 FM)

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Becoming ‘one with the mud’

Runners get dirty in support of public radio

Kuviak Lake in the Swanson River Canoe System. (Photo by Matt Bowser)

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Discover the allure of canoeing opportunities on the refuge

Imagine embarking on a journey through the untouched wilderness of Alaska, gliding along pristine waterways, surrounded by breathtaking…

A wild hare stops for a rest in May 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: No work, all play

With the last of the snow patches finally melted away, it’s time to start spring cleanup.

The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020, near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Russian River Campground reopens for 2 summer months

Reservations for campsites can be made online

A freshly stocked rainbow trout swims in Johnson Lake during Salmon Celebration on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Johnson Lake in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Excellent lake fishing, good halibut and slow salmon

Northern Kenai Fishing Report for June 1

Middle schoolers practice fly casting into the Kenai River during a kids camp put on by Trout Unlimited on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at the Donald E. Gilman Kenai River Center in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Learning to love the watershed

Kids camp teaches fly fishing, ecology

Contestants race down the Kenai River during the 16th Annual Cooper Landing Drift Boat Regatta near the Eagle Landing Resort in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Crowds and close finish mark 16th annual Cooper Landing regatta

Two boats opened the race neck and neck

Braydon Niebuhr at the Anchor River on Tuesday May 9.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Out of the Office: The river no map can show

On Tuesday morning, May 9, sixth grade students in Carly Garay’s Fireweed Academy class are impatiently waiting to…

Areas cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass Project (bottom) can be seen above the Kenai River in Cooper Landing in this August 10, 2021, photo. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Assembly backs efforts to make Cooper Landing more walkable

A pathway would follow the Sterling Highway through Cooper Landing and connect key spots in the community