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Refuge Notebook: What happened when the ocean warmed

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Refuge Notebook: What happened when the ocean warmed

The 2014 to 2016 marine heatwave, or “the blob,” in the Gulf of Alaska was connected to one…

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Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

The trails report is provided by Park Specialist Eric Clarke.

Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers are still not strong in Fishing Hole

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Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers are still not strong in Fishing Hole

While Turk and I were watching the water evaporate at The Fishing Hole early last week, a guy…

Eve Brau, Ivy Bloom, Maggie LaRue, Kenneth Schneider, Mary Bowe, Flynn Bloom, Elsie Smith, Hannah LaRue, Ryan Eckert, Melanie Fay, Tommy Bowe, Joe Ravin, Douglas Dean, Michael Swoboda, Jordan Raymond and James Reid celebrate their victory as the winners of the Homer Softball League’s championship tournament the weekend of July 25-26, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Heath Smith)

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Nadpoles win Homer Softball League championship tourney

The Nadpoles team came away victorious this past weekend as the winners of the Homer Softball League’s championship…

It pays to Firewise. This structure survived the 2007 Caribou Hills Fire. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: Are you Firewise?

As a young Idaho firefighter, enthusiasm and an eagerness to get dropped off on a remote mountain hillside…

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Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

The trails report is provided by Park Specialist Eric Clarke.

Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers not coming easily in lagoon

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Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers not coming easily in lagoon

I have found myself challenged by a perplexing conundrum brought to my attention by some exceptionally annoyed piscatorians…

Refuge Notebook: Battered sallow moth caterpillars come and go

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Refuge Notebook: Battered sallow moth caterpillars come and go

In early June, I received multiple accounts of abundant black caterpillars stripping trees and shrubs of foliage around…

Anglers clean the day's catch on Sunday, July 18, 2021, at the fish cleaning tables in the Seldovia harbor in Seldovia, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Reeling ‘Em In: Silver fishing remains slight at Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon

Fishing might pick up on big tides to come.

Out of the Office: There and back again

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Out of the Office: There and back again

In a recent display of tenacity, mediocre coordination skills and a deep love for the outdoors, some friends…

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Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

The trails report is provided by Park Specialist Eric Clarke.

Reeling ‘Em In: Dolly Varden fishing opening up; silvers sneaking in

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Reeling ‘Em In: Dolly Varden fishing opening up; silvers sneaking in

The staff at the Reeling ‘Em In headquarters has been diligently sifting through a myriad of cyber correspondence…

Visitors camp on Friday, July 3, 2020, on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska, in a vegetated area closed to camping between the Homer Shores Boardwalk, seen here in the background, and the Central Charters Boardwalk. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Camping in prohibited areas is becoming an issue on the Homer Spit

To tourists, a stretch of grassy, beachfront land on the Homer Spit near the Central Charters Boardwalk looks…