Carven Scott has been named director of the NOAA National Weather Service’s Alaska Region in Anchorage. He started his new assignment May 15.Beginning in December… Continue reading
It’s barbecue season, and while people are grilling up hot dogs, hamburgers and steaks, the risk of a home fire also goes up. The National… Continue reading
Two Alaska communities were awarded Forest Service Wood Innovation trants: the Haines Borough and the Hydaburg School District. The goal of the grants is to… Continue reading
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors… Continue reading
Skagway derby cancelledSKAGWAY — Skagway’s Pat Moore Memorial Game Fish Derby has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to low returns… Continue reading
I recently read an article in The Atlantic about the perception of luck and why it matters more than most of us think. In fact,… Continue reading
Alaska’s salmon season has gotten underway with lots of optimism, a far cry from the bleak feelings of a year ago.Last year’s fishery was blown… Continue reading
Wealth is different things to different people. When September rolls around two of the best things in the world are a freezer full of fish… Continue reading
When I discovered during my service as governor that an Alaska State Trooper who was killed on the job would not only leave a spouse… Continue reading
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors… Continue reading
The 23rd annual Casting Night will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 19 at Twin Lakes. Raincountry Flyfishers and the local chapter of… Continue reading
The Tongass National Forest in partnership with Juneau Audubon Society and Juneau Community Garden Association will host International Migratory Bird Day activities on Saturday, May… Continue reading
To prevent human disturbances and mortality rates of chicks during nesting season, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is closing four different islands in Glacier… Continue reading
U.S. Forest Service park ranger Donald Macdovgall 59, stands on the Steep Creek Meadow platform looking down at a adolescent male bear, estimiated to be… Continue reading
In late April and early May, I enjoyed seeing a variety of sparrows, most of which were arriving from their winter quarters and fueling up… Continue reading
When botanist Janet Jorgenson first visited a patch of tundra east of Kaktovik in 1988, it was flat, dry and thick with 29 species of… Continue reading
“Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes in the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.” - J. Sterling MortonTrees… Continue reading
What an incredible spring. Although I am always happy to see the end of winter, I like the anticipation of waiting for things to turn… Continue reading
In April, I listened with pleasure to the Taku Winds’ performance of Moussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. One of the “pictures” illustrated in music is… Continue reading
Walking past the quaint, red brick buildings of downtown Morganton, North Carolina, we took in wafts of cherry blossoms on the soft evening breeze. On… Continue reading
