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Photo by Mark Laker/USFWS                                 Mosaic of burned and unburned rocky tundra in the Mystery Hills off of the Skyline Trail on Sept. 12, 2019.

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Refuge Notebook: Wildfire in Kenai Mountains tundra

Late last summer, as I waited in a line of traffic on the Sterling Highway to get through…

Photo by Kat Sorensen/For the Clarion                                 Bear Lake. Seward, Alaska.

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Tangled Up in Blue: A Bear Lake Loop

All summer long, you can find rowers, kayakers and more on Bear Lake just outside of Seward. Somewhere…

Inspiring Girls Expeditions is holding two tuition-free expeditions for 16- and 17-year-old girls in Alaska this summer. (Courtesy Photo | Joan Travers)

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Program introduces girls to science expeditions in wilderness

Expeditions in Alaska will explore a glacier and the intertidal zone.

Seawatch: BOF cuts Mainland fishery

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Seawatch: BOF cuts Mainland fishery

Kodiak seiners were stunned by decisions from the Alaska Board of Fisheries in their meeting last week to…

Photo by Jamie Lyons                                 A migrating dark-eyed junco in fall.

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Refuge notebook: Wintering sparrows find their way to Kenai

A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change highlighted some work by Dr. Kyle Horton and…

Seawatch: Satellite tags reveal new info on P-cod

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Seawatch: Satellite tags reveal new info on P-cod

Last winter, scientists and Alaska fishermen agreed to launch a pilot study to develop methods for tagging cod…

Tangled Up in Blue: Heart’s Invisible Furies

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Tangled Up in Blue: Heart’s Invisible Furies

I came up with a handful of good, meaningful New Year’s resolutions but by Jan. 2, I had…

Seawatch: NOAA rolls out new research initiative

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Seawatch: NOAA rolls out new research initiative

It has often been said that humans know more about the surface of the moon than the bottom…

Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge                                 Permanent and seasonal staff from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge who helped estimate the Kenai brown bear population in 2010.

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Refuge Notebook: Tales of a wildlife biologist

In 1975, as a freshman in Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin, I was required to take…

Out of the Office: From Florida to Alaska — A wild 40 years

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Out of the Office: From Florida to Alaska — A wild 40 years

Like true superheroes, every Alaskan has an origin story. The really cool origin story might involve being born…

Seawatch: Report: 60% of comm-fish jobs are Alaskan

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Seawatch: Report: 60% of comm-fish jobs are Alaskan

The McDowell Group, a consulting and research firm based in Alaska and Seattle, has released its annual industry…

Refuge Notebook: The Refuge Notebook passes millennium milestone

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Refuge Notebook: The Refuge Notebook passes millennium milestone

“Welcome to Refuge Notebook. This is day one, page one of a new weekly column devoted to life…

Seawatch: NPMC closes cod season in Gulf of Alaska

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Seawatch: NPMC closes cod season in Gulf of Alaska

In a disappointing but not surprising move, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council closed the Gulf of Alaska…