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Ed Berg, geology instructor at Kachemak Bay Campus, educates a group of volunteers on the trailside flora during the Trails Day family hike on Saturday. From left are Ed Berg, Phillip Waclawski, Sabre Wilmeth and Carol Sharat.-Photo by Shannon Reid

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Volunteers work, learn on Trails Day

Before the Saturday morning bustle had a chance to begin, volunteer teams with the 17th annual Trails Day…

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Judge rules for ADFG in lawsuit over 2013 salmon management

ANCHORAGE — A state judge ruled in favor of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the…

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Judge allows additional briefs in UCIDA lawsuit

ANCHORAGE — A federal judge ruled to allow additional information to be filed in the lawsuit regarding federal…

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State Trooper Report

May 25 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a 44-year-old Wasilla man for sport fishing in Deep Creek with a…

Ignoring fishing regs won’t pay in long run

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Ignoring fishing regs won’t pay in long run

I just don’t get it. For weeks, information has been bouncing around the Internet and printed media that, for…

Before you go fishing, give yourself refresher course on regulations

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Before you go fishing, give yourself refresher course on regulations

Well, now, wasn’t that a beautiful Memorial Day weekend for those of you who can dimly recall it?…

As part of research, ADF&G wants to talk to anglers

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As part of research, ADF&G wants to talk to anglers

The time has come for the commencement of this year’s fish runs which coolly coincides with the roll…

Gardening reminder: Make yourself happy

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Gardening reminder: Make yourself happy

Zounds! It is late Saturday and I have spent the day stuffing every available space in the perennial…

Eryn Field, left, and her mother, Carmen Field are getting ready for the 22nd annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. Eryn, 8, has been in the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival’s Junior Birder program for seven years and will “fledge” this year.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Birding for beginners

Getting started in birding can be intimidating. When experienced birders show up this week for the 22nd annual…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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It’s not just about birds

Already the shorebirds have arrived. Dunlins, dowitchers, surfbirds, sandpipers, yellowlegs, in ones and twos and hundreds they’ve been…

Report details commercial fish industry’s value to U.S.

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Report details commercial fish industry’s value to U.S.

Many Alaskans know the commercial seafood industry is an economic powerhouse, and the largest private employer in the…

Sac roe herring fishery starts early

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Sac roe herring fishery starts early

The Togiak sac roe herring fishery started nearly two weeks earlier than predicted by the Alaska Department of…

The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association on Monday bought the Port Graham Hatchery, shown in this 2013 photo, and has plans to incubate 84 million pink salmon eggs this year at the facility. -Photo provided, Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association

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Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association hoping purchase of hatchery will revitalize fishery

Pink salmon fishing in Lower Cook Inlet could soon be revitalized as the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association finalized…