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    Kachemak Bay
    Kachemak Heritage Land Trust Communications & Development Manager Carson Chambers (left) presents gifts to Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Manager Katherin Schake (left) and Education Coordinator Ingrid Harrald as they receive the 2025 KHLT King Maker Award on Dec. 10, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy Hayley Patton/KHLT
    Land trust presents conservation award to research reserve
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 24, 2025 8:30 am

    Kachemak Heritage Land Trust named the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve as the 2025 King Maker Award recipient earlier this month.

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    Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Homer News file)
    Preliminary testing finds high levels of paralytic shellfish...
    By Chloe Pleznac • September 16, 2025 2:30 am

    Sample shellfish from Homer Harbor contained toxins over twice the regulatory limit.

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    A beach along Kachemak Bay is photographed in 2018. (Homer News file)
    State issues alert for toxic shellfish found in...
    By Chloe Pleznac • September 9, 2025 6:30 am

    Shellfish from “the inner bay” have been found to contain amounts of toxins responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning.

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    A map depicts the location of a recent easement acquisition in relation to the Kachemak Selo School Project. Photo courtesy of the Kenai Peninsula Borough
    Borough purchases additional K-Selo land for school construction...
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 28, 2025 1:30 am

    The 0.3-acre lot will serve as a perpetual easement to accommodate school-related activities.

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    An adult kittiwake sits on its nest with two visible chicks on July 15, 2025, at the Deep Water Dock on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Claire Labuda
    Research program monitors seabird survival
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The program asks for citizen science inclusion in monitoring disturbances and reproductive success at three kittiwake colonies near Homer.

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    Runner and cyclists line up at the starting line near the Jakolof Bay Dock on July 26, 2025, for the annual Jakolof Bay 10 Miler in Seldovia, Alaska. Photo provided by Tania Spurkland
    ‘10 tough miles’
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 7, 2025 1:30 am

    Seldovia’s Jakolof Bay 10 Miler race was held on July 26.

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    A sign directs the public toward a tsunami shelter in Seldovia, Alaska, on Sept. 27, 2021. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion file)
    Tsunami watch canceled for Resurrection Bay, Kachemak Bay...
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 29, 2025 1:30 am

    The watch followed an 8.7 earthquake that occurred Tuesday afternoon off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia.

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    Kachemak Bay is seen from the Homer Spit in March 2019. (Homer News file photo)
    Toxin associated with amnesic shellfish poisoning not detected...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 25, 2025 2:30 am

    The test result does not indicate whether the toxin is present in other species in the food web.

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    KBNERR Education and Harmful Species Monitoring Program staff host McNeil Canyon Elementary School students at Pier One Beach in May 2025 to monitor for invasive European green crabs. Students assisted with checking traps and recording data of native crab and fish species caught and released. Photo courtesy of Katherine Schake
    Proposed funding cuts threaten research reserve
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 25, 2025 2:30 pm

    A “pre-decisionary” memo on budgetary cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows no federal funding for National Estuarine Research Reserves.

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    Alaska State Troopers badge. File photo
    Recovered remains confirmed to be missing Texas boaters;...
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 11, 2025 1:30 am

    Remains were recovered from the vessel sank that in Kachemak Bay last August.

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    A crane flock looks out over Kachemak Bay at the Inspiration Ridge Preserve in early September last year. (Photo courtesy of Kachemak Crane Watch/Nina Faust)
    Return of the cranes
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • April 24, 2025 2:30 am

    The first cranes of the year have been spotted returning to Kachemak Bay to nest.

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    Chris Keithley, 2024 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament champion, poses with his prize fish after the awards ceremony at the Deep Water Dock on the Spit in Homer, Alaska on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Winter King Tournament scheduled for March 22
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 10, 2025 1:30 am

    This year’s event will be held at the Deep Water Dock at 4667 Freight Dock Road.

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    Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve logo. Photo courtesy of KBNERR
    Research reserve seeks community council applicants
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 27, 2025 1:30 am

    Applications are currently being accepted for appointments starting this spring.

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