Site Logo
A moose browsing on birch on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Colin Canterbury/FWS)

Sports

Refuge Notebook: Moose and pizza: A matter of taste?

Special note from Kris Inman, refuge supervisory wildlife biologist: From time to time, we look back at previous…

Mills Creek, May 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Sports

Out of the Office: Gratitude

On May 11 this year, just past 8 a.m., the day started cold

Hope, Alaska, is seen on May 14, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

Sports

Out of the Office: Hope

Working in journalism is draining for a lot of reasons. We’re constantly taking meetings and phone calls, trying…

Michael Armstrong, left, wears a flight suit while doing a helicopter tour of agricultural sites in Kachemak Bay in 2008. At right is cattle rancher Chris Rainwater. (Photo provided, U.S. Department of Agrculture)

Sports

Out of the Office: Planes, trains, automobiles and helicopters

Every new Alaskan has a bucket list of things they want to check while living here (hopefully, a…

YCC Enrollees harvest beetle-killed spruce for a facility enhancement project. (Photo by Nick Longobardi/FWS)

Sports

Refuge Notebook: Youth Conservation Corps: A legacy of hard work and good times

Do you know a local high school student who likes to work hard in the outdoors, doesn’t mind…

A brown bear on the refuge captured on a trail camera, an example that den entrance and emergence varies and you can expect to see bears at any time of the year. (Image by Colin Canterbury/FWS)

Sports

Refuge Notebook: Sharing the landscape as bears wake up this spring

Snow and extreme cold were early this year. The conditions made for fantastic cross-country skiing, and the early…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion
The west fork of the Moose River in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, March 23, 2022.

Sports

Out of the Office: Precipice

On Oct. 31, 2021, I ran down to Headquarters Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge hoping to…

People wait in line for Mochileros Guatemalan street food in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 18, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

Sports

The pitch for Anchorage

My first time on the Kenai Peninsula was a solo trip in the late fall of 2020. When…

Filming the introduction to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s biology team's use of science and technology at work at the refuge headquarters in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS)

Sports

Seeing STEM: Science career ambassador in a national spotlight

What do you want to be when you grow up …

Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion 
Skiers take off for the men’s 40K freestyle race at Sunday’s Tour of Tsalteshi event just outside of Soldotna on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022.

Sports

Out of the Office: Back in rhythm

At the beginning of February, I began reading “If Beale Street Could Talk” by James Baldwin.

Tundra with Izembek Lagoon and Amak Island in the distance taken at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by B. Wishnek/USFWS)

Sports

Refuge Notebook: Protecting Alaska from invasive species: A common goal near and far

Many regard Alaska for its wild and free landscapes and its importance to fish, wildlife, plants and people.…

My mom Alex Botello and I take a photo on the way to Denali National Park on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (Photo provided)

Sports

Chasing the lights

My mom loves looking up at the night sky.

tease

Sports

Out of the Office: Catching COVID

I caught COVID a couple of weeks ago and it sucked. I’m not sure how I was exposed,…