In Juneau starting Monday, April 25 until midnight on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, there will be limits on filleting and de-heading certain fish according to… Continue reading
The Trout Unlimited’s Habitat Improvement Committee, the U.S. Forest Service and volunteers worked to upgrade the habitat and improve the trail on the east side… Continue reading
There will be a plant sale on Saturday, May 7, at 9 a.m.-noon in the Safeway parking lot.This event is sponsored by Southeast Alaska Master… Continue reading
Most Americans don’t know where their food comes from. Alaskans have it better, thanks to subsistence lifestyles and programs like Alaskans Own, a Sitka-based community… 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
This morning, through the west window, I noticed a flash of white. I looked up from breakfast to see a short-tailed weasel popping from a… Continue reading
Good low tides (minus four feet) during daylight hours on two days in early April brought us some superior tide-pooling opportunities. We try to do… Continue reading
Prince of Wales Island-Wide Mining Symposium to be held on April 27-28The sixth annual Prince of Wales Island-Wide Mining Symposium will be held on April… Continue reading
Many plants produce sticky or hooked hairs (technically called trichomes) that are useful in a dazzling array of ways. Some ways are quite straightforward, and… Continue reading
An avalanche roars down Mount Juneau on March 31.… Continue reading
With starts on my windowsill and any other place I can find to cram them in, I’m ready for the time to plant them outside.… Continue reading
About 1,000 years ago, Norse explorer Leif Ericson bumped into the New World at Newfoundland. The old world was filling up, with 300,000 people living… Continue reading
Gray whales do things differently.Gray whales look different, swim farther, and fight more fiercely than other whales.They owe their distinctive mottled look to a coat… Continue reading
For sport fishing of king salmon in Juneau, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish regulations, is limiting fishermen to one… Continue reading
The Juneau Chapter of Trout Unlimited is working with the U.S. Forest Service to upgrade salmon rearing habitat and upgrade a trail on the east… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker proclaimed April to be Bear Awareness Month for good reason: bears have been roused earlier than usual from hibernation due to the… Continue reading
The Sixth Annual Yakutat Tern Festival is June 2–5. The festival is a celebration of the natural and cultural resources of Yakutat. Yakutat hosts one… 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 2016 Swatch Freeride World Tour returned to Haines at the end of March. It was the fourth stop on the tour, and one that… Continue reading
There’s a rust spot on my tailgate.It started as an injury sustained while throwing rounds of cedar into the bed. After a year, it’s starting… Continue reading
