Alaska Science Forum: Bonsai trees tell of winters long past
By Ned Rozell
Category: Outdoors
I Went to the Woods: The cabin life
What says love like a Forest Service cabin?
Watching red-winged blackbirds
Their favorite foods include dragonflies and damselflies.
Rugged science on the Southeast coast
The first creek we crossed on this trip filled my Xtratufs with clear water.
On the Trails: Blooms, birds and bears in June
Notes from June.
Alaska Science Forum: Scientist’s memoir is revealing and brave
“Chasing Lakes: Love, Science, and the Secrets of the Arctic.”
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…
Alaska Science Forum: The worst fire year we can remember
Here’s how it happened.
I Went to the Woods: Silent steel
“You forget most of what ends up in the freezer, but those steelhead, they stick with you.”
On the Trails: Birds and beetles at Kingfisher Pond
Something is almost always happening at Kingfisher Pond.
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.
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.
On the Trails: Enjoying birds, blooms and more near the Mendenhall Glacier
The trail to Nugget Falls was a lively place in early May.
Saturday is for the birds
Global Bid Day and World Migratory Bird Day.
I Went to the Woods: Inside the Numbers
Numbers are important, but they never tell the entire story.
On the Trails: An April scrapbook of little observations
Spring wings and other things.
Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Alaska Science Forum: Awaiting river breakup on the Yukon
By Ned Rozell
On the Trails: The smell of fear
It’s not fiction.
Alaska Science Forum: Alaska’s water crop is a natural resource
Alaska’s freshwater supply is so abundant the numbers are hard to comprehend.
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.
On the Trails: Reproductive delays in mammals
By Mary F. Willson
Alaska Science Forum: Endless northern winter about to end
The end is in sight.
I Went to the Woods: All about style
Style isn’t about clothing, it’s everything.
On the Trails: Same name, very different birds
A tale of two (or more) robins.
Alaska Science Forum: Live-trapping lynx in the far north
By Ned Rozell
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…
On the Trails: Whelks learning and hemlocks fluting
Whelk-learned individuals.
Alaska Science Forum: Happenings north of the Arctic Circle
Though the calendar calls it springtime, the thermometer on the truck reads minus 28 F…
I Went to the Woods: What makes a favorite
By Jeff Lund
On the Trails: Wild animals surviving serious injuries
To be adaptive, the benefits have to outweigh such costs.
Alaska Science Forum: Across Alaska in one summer
Rotten moose meat unlikely to supplant birthday cake.
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.
On the Trails: Waiting for spring
Critters and plants are getting ready for spring
The Salmon State: A tale of two salmon
Chignik has two genetically distinct runs of sockey
On the Trails: Eagle-eyed birders spot a hawk owl
Owl’s well on the trails.
On the Trails: Birds’ sense of smell
Old myth doesn’t pass the sniff test.
Forest Service presents revised Mendenhall expansion plans
Four alternatives.
Alaska Science Forum: Dave Covey made the world a calmer place
He left us last week — a quiet exit that was totally Dave.
I Went to the Woods: Wants vs. needs
I started to see the value of the middle ground.
On the Trails: February foragers were out and active
It’s a ‘seedy’ world.
Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Alaska Science Forum: Bird havens on a trans-continental journey
Right about now, songbirds in Brazil are shifting on their perches…
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.
Alaska Science Forum: Hardy gnats survive winter half frozen
As sometimes happens in science, a chance decision led to a discovery.
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….
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.
On the Trails: Twisted pines and many questions
The twists and turns of a curious mind.
Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Reader-submitted photos of Southeast Alaska.
Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Reader-submitted photos of Southeast Alaska.