A scud (Gammarus lacustris) collected from North Vogel Lake. Trout and other fish depend on invertebrates like this scud for food. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Checking on the little things that fish need

This October, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game applied rotenone, a fish-killing pesticide, to Vogel Lake, North…

Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby waves to the crowd in Seward during her celebratory parade on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Jacoby withdraws from worlds due to close contact

Seward High School senior Lydia Jacoby had to withdraw from the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships in…

Soldotna’s Hunter Richardson competes in the Division I state wrestling championship at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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6 Peninsula wrestlers claim state titles

Soldotna High School junior Trinity Donovan took home her third straight wrestling title at the state girls tournament…

Drew Slegers, a fourth grader at Soldotna Elementary, snowshoes on Headquarters Lake just outside of Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Solstice snowshoe

Celebrating 80 years of refuge

From left to right, Reid Rauch, Ellis Lorentz, Sawyer Johnson, Wylder Johnson, Selma Johnson, Renn Lorentz and Che Lorentz celebrate at the Ski Your Age event held Dec. 26, 2020 at the Lookout Mountain Trails near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Lila Johnson)

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Ski Your Age is Sunday

Event is fundraiser for HHS Mariner ski team.

Homer Mariner Nestor Kalugin faces off Soldotna Stars Joe Whittom at 171 during senior night on Nov. 23. Kalugin won the match. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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State wrestling preview

Peninsula state wrestling qualifiers by school

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Kenai gets lone win in conference weekend road test for Peninsula teams

Houston 2, Homer 1, OT

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SoHi, Homer hockey lose Railbelt road contests

Palmer 2, Homer 1, OT

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SoHi finishes second at Northern Lights tourney

The Soldotna wrestling team narrowly missed taking the Northern Lights Conference title from Colony on Saturday in Kodiak.

Sun coming through snow-covered branches with cross-country ski tracks on trail. (Photo by Ashley Lutto/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: It’s more fun than walking

I’m not sure which one of us was more excited about the fresh snow, my ski partner or…

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SoHi wrestlers 4th at Grizzly Shakedown

Soldotna High School led the Kenai Peninsula by finishing fourth Saturday at the 24-team Grace Grizzly Shakedown in…

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Sports in brief

Hockey

Brandonn Campbell of Juneau-Douglas keeps the puck from Dylan Arno of Homer on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, at Kevin Bell Arena in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Hockey roundup: Homer beats Juneau-Douglas after two-night competition

Homer 2, Juneau 2