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Category: Outdoors

Alaska Science Forum: Bonsai trees tell of winters long past

By Ned Rozell
Published June 24, 2022
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I Went to the Woods: The cabin life

What says love like a Forest Service cabin?
Published June 22, 2022
Categorized as Home, Outdoors

Watching red-winged blackbirds

Their favorite foods include dragonflies and damselflies.
Published June 21, 2022
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Rugged science on the Southeast coast

The first creek we crossed on this trip filled my Xtratufs with clear water.
Published June 17, 2022
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On the Trails: Blooms, birds and bears in June

Notes from June.
Published June 14, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: Scientist’s memoir is revealing and brave

“Chasing Lakes: Love, Science, and the Secrets of the Arctic.”
Published June 11, 2022
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I Went to the Woods: At the speed of sound

Being reflective is not about high ground. It’s not about your place compared to others…
Published June 8, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: The worst fire year we can remember

Here’s how it happened.
Published May 27, 2022
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I Went to the Woods: Silent steel

“You forget most of what ends up in the freezer, but those steelhead, they stick with you.”
Published May 25, 2022
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On the Trails: Birds and beetles at Kingfisher Pond

Something is almost always happening at Kingfisher Pond.
Published May 24, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: Wading into the icy Yukon River for science

EAGLE, ALASKA — Snow geese flew in a ragged V overhead, rasping as they looked down upon Alaska’s bumpy face for the first time in 2022.
Published May 20, 2022
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The SalmonState: Listen, then support — a new approach in Southeast Alaska is a long time in the works

A look at a few of the projects and priorities in the works.
Published May 18, 2022
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On the Trails: Enjoying birds, blooms and more near the Mendenhall Glacier

The trail to Nugget Falls was a lively place in early May.
Published May 17, 2022
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Saturday is for the birds

Global Bid Day and World Migratory Bird Day.
Published May 12, 2022
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I Went to the Woods: Inside the Numbers

Numbers are important, but they never tell the entire story.
Published May 11, 2022
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On the Trails: An April scrapbook of little observations

Spring wings and other things.
Published May 10, 2022
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Published May 7, 2022
Categorized as Home, Outdoors

Alaska Science Forum: Awaiting river breakup on the Yukon

By Ned Rozell
Published May 6, 2022
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On the Trails: The smell of fear

It’s not fiction.
Published May 4, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: Alaska’s water crop is a natural resource

Alaska’s freshwater supply is so abundant the numbers are hard to comprehend.
Published April 29, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: His 48th summer on top of the world

In the ’80s, 225 pairs of black guillemots nested on Cooper Island. Last year: 25 pairs counted.
Published April 22, 2022
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On the Trails: Reproductive delays in mammals

By Mary F. Willson
Published April 19, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: Endless northern winter about to end

The end is in sight.
Published April 15, 2022
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I Went to the Woods: All about style

Style isn’t about clothing, it’s everything.
Published April 13, 2022
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On the Trails: Same name, very different birds

A tale of two (or more) robins.
Published April 12, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: Live-trapping lynx in the far north

By Ned Rozell
Published April 8, 2022
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Sustainable Alaska: Cosmic consciousness, Earth Day, and the magic of time and space

Earlier this spring I had the great privilege of skiing from Knik Lake to McGrath…
Published April 7, 2022
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On the Trails: Whelks learning and hemlocks fluting

Whelk-learned individuals.
Published April 5, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: Happenings north of the Arctic Circle

Though the calendar calls it springtime, the thermometer on the truck reads minus 28 F…
Published April 1, 2022
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I Went to the Woods: What makes a favorite

By Jeff Lund
Published March 30, 2022
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On the Trails: Wild animals surviving serious injuries

To be adaptive, the benefits have to outweigh such costs.
Published March 29, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: Across Alaska in one summer

Rotten moose meat unlikely to supplant birthday cake.
Published March 25, 2022
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Pride of Bristol Bay: The brown bears of Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula

Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula makes up about one third of Alaska’s entire brown bear population.
Published March 23, 2022
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On the Trails: Waiting for spring

Critters and plants are getting ready for spring
Published March 22, 2022
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The Salmon State: A tale of two salmon

Chignik has two genetically distinct runs of sockey
Published March 17, 2022
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On the Trails: Eagle-eyed birders spot a hawk owl

Owl’s well on the trails.
Published March 15, 2022
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On the Trails: Birds’ sense of smell

Old myth doesn’t pass the sniff test.
Published March 8, 2022
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Forest Service presents revised Mendenhall expansion plans

Four alternatives.
Published March 7, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: Dave Covey made the world a calmer place

He left us last week — a quiet exit that was totally Dave.
Published March 4, 2022
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I Went to the Woods: Wants vs. needs

I started to see the value of the middle ground.
Published March 2, 2022
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On the Trails: February foragers were out and active

It’s a ‘seedy’ world.
Published March 1, 2022
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Published February 26, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: Bird havens on a trans-continental journey

Right about now, songbirds in Brazil are shifting on their perches…
Published February 25, 2022
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On the Trails: Wringing information out of wood

Wood as a biological entity, not as a commodity to be sold or a nuisance to be removed.
Published February 21, 2022
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Alaska Science Forum: Hardy gnats survive winter half frozen

As sometimes happens in science, a chance decision led to a discovery.
Published February 18, 2022
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The Salmon State: Glacier retreat means new habitat — and challenges — for wild salmon

Alaska is about to get thousands of miles of new salmon habitat….
Published February 17, 2022
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I Went to the Woods: Home is where the baleen is

It seems like a real, authentic Southeast home needs to be centered around a good piece of baleen.
Published February 16, 2022
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On the Trails: Twisted pines and many questions

The twists and turns of a curious mind.
Published February 15, 2022
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos of Southeast Alaska.
Published January 1, 2022
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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos of Southeast Alaska.
Published July 10, 2021
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