Alaska Outdoors

Hunting in the age of internet trolls

Hunting in the age of internet trolls

Don’t make us the enemy.

Hunting in the age of internet trolls
Solving the salmon problem

Solving the salmon problem

International Year of the Salmon brings people together for common goal.

Solving the salmon problem
Antarctica on the solstice: Juneau couple spends holidays with thousands of penguins, near-constant daylight
Antarctica on the solstice: Juneau couple spends holidays with thousands of penguins, near-constant daylight
A resolution for a sustainable new year

A resolution for a sustainable new year

We face a future with great challenges.

A resolution for a sustainable new year
This is how the animal kingdom reproduces

This is how the animal kingdom reproduces

Live-bearing, egg-laying and everything in between.

This is how the animal kingdom reproduces
A rehabilitated Pacific harbor seal looks back at people during its release at the Auke Recreation Beach on August 27, 2014. After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence hunters are still wondering if a Juneau-based mine is to blame. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Sealing the spotlight: Wildlife Wednesday to focus on harbor seals

The first Wildlife Wednesday of 2019 will focus on harbor seals. At 7 p.m. tonight, in University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan Lecture Hall, 11066 Auke… Continue reading

A rehabilitated Pacific harbor seal looks back at people during its release at the Auke Recreation Beach on August 27, 2014. After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence hunters are still wondering if a Juneau-based mine is to blame. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Long-distance migrations: How birds fly thousands of miles

Long-distance migrations: How birds fly thousands of miles

These birds cover a lot of mileage.

Long-distance migrations: How birds fly thousands of miles
A hunter’s guide to making the most out of life

A hunter’s guide to making the most out of life

I am living two lives and life is going twice as fast.

A hunter’s guide to making the most out of life
Life recycled on a wilderness gravel bar

Life recycled on a wilderness gravel bar

How does a 300-pound animal disappear so fast?

Life recycled on a wilderness gravel bar
A rehabilitated Pacific harbor seal looks back at people during its release at the Auke Recreation Beach on August 27, 2014. After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence hunters are still wondering if a Juneau-based mine is to blame. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Wildlife Wednesday to focus on harbor seals

If you harbor an interest in seals, there’s a Wednesday night program for you. At 7 p.m. Jan. 2, in University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan… Continue reading

A rehabilitated Pacific harbor seal looks back at people during its release at the Auke Recreation Beach on August 27, 2014. After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence hunters are still wondering if a Juneau-based mine is to blame. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Photos: Traveling for the holidays

Photos: Traveling for the holidays

To appreciate Juneau’s beauty, you need an outside perspective.

Photos: Traveling for the holidays
Listening to the heartbeat of Alaska

Listening to the heartbeat of Alaska

280 seismic stations silently do their jobs.

Listening to the heartbeat of Alaska
Tracking animal footprints in the snow

Tracking animal footprints in the snow

Few critters are making themselves visible.

Tracking animal footprints in the snow
New jewelry line highlights beauty of fish scales

New jewelry line highlights beauty of fish scales

Shimmer like a king salmon.

New jewelry line highlights beauty of fish scales
Yukon River moose meet an Alaska winter hunting adventure
Yukon River moose meet an Alaska winter hunting adventure
Study: Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

Study: Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

In the Arctic, a high potential of thawing permafrost in the next 30 years.

Study: Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century
Friend and foe?

Friend and foe?

As hunters and anglers, we are allies and enemies.

Friend and foe?
Something to mink about

Something to mink about

These weasel family members are all over Alaska.

Something to mink about
Photos: Thanksgiving in Fairbanks

Photos: Thanksgiving in Fairbanks

You can’t understand “dry cold” until you feel it.

Photos: Thanksgiving in Fairbanks
Remembering the effects of plastics

Remembering the effects of plastics

We are entering finals week at the University of Alaska Southeast. As students and faculty wrap up our courses, many of us are thinking about… Continue reading

Remembering the effects of plastics