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Refuge notebook: Lightning on the Kenai Peninsula
I’ve been saying “Wow” a lot lately. A week ago, on Aug. 13, 48 lightning discharges occurred within…
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Coming into the Country: Ticks
While on a family vacation to Florida this spring we took a short walk through a lush, beautiful…
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Refuge notebook: The difference between predicting climate change and its ecological outcomes
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has a great online climate forecasting tool. Simply type in a town, the…
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Refuge notebook: Rethinking nonnative species in a human-driven world
Wow. In the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2019-2020 hunting regulations, mule deer and white-tailed deer can…
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Refuge notebook: Rising estuary still provides great bird habitats
What happens when the largest estuary on the Kenai Peninsula suddenly drops 2.3 meters in elevation and then…
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Refuge notebook: The many faces of the Swan Lake Fire
The smoke hung low in the valley as we walked down a dozer line to its end where…
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Refuge notebook: Elodea still a threat to salmon in Alaska
The commercial harvest of the five salmon species in Alaska was worth $586 million to fishermen in 2018.…
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What costs wood frogs an arm and a leg?
I was surprised to learn that despite the diverse wildlife in Alaska, the state has not a single…
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Refuge notebook: A common little plant with uncommon traits
This summer, I traveled from the East Coast to the Kenai Peninsula to intern with the biology program…
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Refuge notebook: Where do black and brown bears occur?
Science is more than the five-step method we learn about in grade school — science is a philosophy…
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Refuge notebook: Monitoring wetland change on the Kenai
For the past year I’ve been sitting in a university office in Eastern Pennsylvania staring at maps of…
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Refuge notebook: A fun way to learn about natural resource stewardship
2019 marks the fifth year the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has hosted a Game Warden Camp for local…
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Refuge notebook: Ready. Set. Camp!
Summer is coming to the Kenai Peninsula. Days are getting longer, birds are returning to raise their young,…
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Refuge notebook: Alaska’s state bird is one of a kind
I saw a small flock of willow ptarmigan along the Seward Highway near Summit Pass last week. I…
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Refuge notebook: Little rock star of the woods
Earlier this month, I took a hike up Fuller Lakes Trail with my dog, Scout. The sun was…
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Refuge notebook: A new way of thinking about climate adaptation
Last week I was in Madison, Wisconsin, at the National Adaptation Forum. This is an invigorating conference, powered…
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Refuge notebook: Connecting the dots on your next hike
As experts continue to learn more about our environment and flood the world with facts, figures, predictions and…
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The road to becoming a U.S. Fish & Wildlife pilot-biologist
I remember the first time my Uncle Larry flew down in his Cessna and picked me up at…
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Refuge notebook: Winter stonefly season on the Kenai
If you spend any time near the Kenai River in Soldotna from March to May you may have…
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Refuge notebook: Resident bird songs welcome spring
I am always pleasantly surprised by the influx of daylight hours and sunshine that comes to the Kenai…