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    A bull caribou grazes in the Alaskan Arctic Refuge. The GNWT is seeking public input into its soon-to-be-released Bathurst Caribou Management Plan.
Photo credit Malkolm Boothroyd/malkolmboothroyd.com
    Refuge Notebook: Mating systems of moose and caribou
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • October 27, 2021 2:30 am

    Driving home the other day, my friend and I came across a big bull caribou chasing several cows down Kalifornsky…

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    MJ Hendren pictured kayaking at Hidden Lake next to a large rock exposure. (Photo provided)
    Refuge Notebook: Geology of the Kenai … it...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • October 21, 2021 2:30 am

    One thing that never ceases to amaze me about living in Alaska is how much you can learn about the…

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    Photo by Angelica Smith/FWS 
Frannie Nelson collecting ground validation data for her undergraduate thesis in the Caribou Hills.
    Refuge Notebook: Spreading my wings and flying into...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • October 13, 2021 2:30 am

    In 2019, I became a biology intern at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for the first time! Here I was…

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    Scaly, pale green leaves of a yellow-cedar near Sitka, Alaska. (Photo by M. Goff http://www.sitkanature.org/)
    Refuge Notebook: Will yellow cedar move to Kenai...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • October 6, 2021 2:30 am

    My first job as a field biologist in Alaska was working for the Tongass National Forest. I was stationed in…

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    A visual picture of profound change in the alpine plant community post-2019 Swan Lake Fire. This picture is from 2021, two years after the fire. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Swan Lake Fire update: How are...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • September 30, 2021 2:30 am

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    Homer’s Frida Renner competes during the varsity girls race of the George Plumley Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at Palmer High School. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)
    Kenai runners lead area at Plumley Invite
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • September 15, 2021 2:30 am

    West Valley senior Daniel Abromowicz and Chugiak junior Campbell Peterson won the varsity races during the George Plumley Invitational on…

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    A Student Conservation Association team builds traditions around a game of Catan in a tent by Funny River. (Photo by US Fish and Wildlife Service)
    Refuge Notebook: Settlers of Catan in the backcountry
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • September 8, 2021 2:30 am

    By SANJA ZELEN

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    Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion 
Fireweed blooms along the Skyline Trail on Aug. 13, 2021, on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.
    Refuge Notebook: Alaska ‘Super Bloom’: The beauty of...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • August 26, 2021 2:30 am

    By SANJA ZELEN

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    A mountain hemlock burned in the 2019 Swan Lake Fire, pictured June 29, 2021. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: When hemlocks burn
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • August 25, 2021 2:30 am

    When the weather deteriorates in the mountains, I head for those deepest green patches of forest at tree line. These…

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    A group photo of the campers after a digital scavenger hunt in Get Out and Get Dirty Camp. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
    Refuge Notebook: And just like that, I was...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • August 18, 2021 2:30 am

    As a child, being outdoors was a huge part of my life. Some of my favorite memories are those in…

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