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The Juneau Indoor Shooting Range 

The first time I took my wife to the Juneau indoor shooting range to fire her brand new .22 pistol, range manager Zmuda offered a piece of excellent advice.

“Bring that target in closer,” he said. “It doesn’t need to be out 50 feet.”

Shooting bulls-eyes at close range proved to be far more rewarding than missing at distance. Watchful but not hovering, he was quick to offer help with eye dominance and shooting tips.

 

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Trapping bats 

Editor’s note: This article was first published in the Alaska Wildlife News online magazine.

In the headlamp beam, the little bat squeaking in the mist net looked like a winged shrew with big ears. State wildlife biologist Karen Blejwas explained the chittering squeaks were distress cries. The calls sometimes draw in more bats, but in mid-October in Southeast Alaska most bats have already migrated to wherever they go to hibernate.

 

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Managing mountain goats in Alaska 

 

Mountain goats are tricky. Nannies and billies look so similar that hunters have difficulty telling them apart, which makes wildlife management challenging. They are very difficult to hunt, but they are vulnerable to overhunting. Mountain goats are native only to western North America and inhabit some of the most inaccessible terrain imaginable, so they have not been well studied. But that’s changing.

 

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Trailside snapshots 

Pictures of curious brown bears, cautious wolverines, hungry marten and playful coyote puppies are just a few mouse clicks away on the website of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.


Motion-triggered trail cameras have become valuable tools for wildlife research, and state biologists and their research partners are sharing highlights with the public. Dozens of candid wildlife images are featured in the department’s new trail camera gallery on the Wildlife Viewing section of the website.

 

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