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Winter view of one of the Refuge’s many treasures, Skilak Lake, Credit FWS/L. Hupp
Winter view of one of the Refuge’s many treasures, Skilak Lake, Credit FWS/L. Hupp

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80 years of conservation and counting

Just a few weeks ago, on Dec. 16, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge turned 80.

A flowering roundleaf orchid (Galearis rotundifolia). A splash of bright color on a green ground cover. (Photo by Samuel Artaiz/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: A needle in a peatland haystack

Touching down, we could feel the widened skids sink, yet securely, on what was a soggy layer of…

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Homer girls take 3rd at Ketchikan tourney

By Jeff Helminiak

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Area biathlete competes at national trials

Justin Hansen, a senior at River City Academy in Soldotna and cross-country skier for Soldotna High School, competed…

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Sports in brief

Cross Country Skiing

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SoHi girls, Nikiski boys fall in Joe Floyd semifinals

Both the Soldotna girls and Nikiski boys lost in the semifinals of the 54th Annual Joe Floyd Christmas…

Patrick Lewis hikes out of the Grand Canyon on a recent five-day trip to the National Park. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled Up In Blue: We’ll meet again someday

Over the five years that I’ve written Tangled Up In Blue, a lot has happened that seems so…

Erika Arthur leads Libby Jensen and Krista Arthur in the 17th Ski for Women on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
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Erika Arthur leads Libby Jensen and Krista Arthur in the 17th Ski for Women on Sunday, Feb. 7 at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna.

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Out of the Office: Skiing doesn’t have to be perfect to be good

“One thing I definitely miss about Anchorage are the groomed cross country ski trails,” read the text.

Skating on Jean Lake on Nov. 21, 2021. (Photo courtesy Sabine Poux on Ashlyn O’Hara’s camera)

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Out of the Office: Solace in skating

I’m used to the cold, but Alaska’s darkness has proved difficult to get used to.

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Friday hoops roundup

The Redington boys and Juneau-Douglas girls went into the final day of the Craig Jung Kenai River Challenge…

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Juneau girls, Redington boys win Craig Jung tourney

The Juneau-Douglas girls and Redington boys both clinched titles Saturday at the Craig Jung Kenai River Challenge at…

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…