The Board of Fisheries and Board of Game — the state entities that set bag limits, seasons and other regulations for fishermen and hunters in… Continue reading
We often use the names of beasts to label a person’s look or behavior. We take a real or imagined trait of some critter and… Continue reading
Marked by metal cones and a clear-cut swath 20 feet wide, Alaska’s border with Canada is one of the great feats of wilderness surveying. The… Continue reading
Last weekend, Kevin Maier’s University of Alaska Southeast Literature and the Environment class hiked out to Camping Cove cabin to continue building on class discussions,… Continue reading
One year before Alaska became part of America, 21-year old William Dall ascended the Yukon River on a sled, pulled by dogs. The man who… Continue reading
The northern hawk owl that has often been seen this winter, out at the edges of the wetlands, is a solitary hunter. It usually preys… Continue reading
The first bear I remember was lying in a salmon stream on Admiralty Island, reduced to bones and tendrils of flesh. At the time —… Continue reading
Several times in the distant past, our home planet has been cleansed of its residents, with the exception of a few plucky survivors. Perhaps the… Continue reading
On a recent winter day in Juneau, two of my colleagues headed out to Montana Creek to collect some stream water samples. The cold weather… Continue reading
A friend and I were looking at pictures of traditional Native halibut hooks and discussing how they work. That led to thinking about how halibut,… Continue reading
Here are three small stories, two from the field and one from home — two that were simply fun and one that leaves some questions.… Continue reading
On Saturday, Feb. 10, students of the University Alaska Southeast Intro to Ice Climbing traveled to Skagway to spend the weekend using their new-found technical… Continue reading
Years ago, I was talking with an old Elfin Cove bachelor about places we wanted to visit before we died. It was May and a… Continue reading
In 2015, the Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program was established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Department of State in partnership with… Continue reading
The 21st annual Great Backyard Bird Count starts today and goes through Feb. 19. Help the Juneau Audubon Society catalog and track local bird populations… Continue reading
Space weather affects snowplow drivers carving through Thompson Pass in a whiteout, Iowa farmers dropping seeds of corn, and wedding planners who release white doves… Continue reading
There was much excitement this winter, among birders and photographers, over the sightings of a northern hawk owl on the wetlands. What captured my fancy… Continue reading
Juneau has some serious perks. The best, in my opinion, is that we have a 1,500 square mile icefield on one side of town and… Continue reading
One fine, cold day in late January, I took a stroll on crunchy snow. In a couple of places, I ventured off-trail a little way,… Continue reading
On a recent Wednesday, University of Alaska Southeast’s spring semester Outdoor Studies Leadership group went up Mount Troy. Everyone in the group, including me, will… Continue reading
