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    Ice sits ready to skate at Bottenintnin Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska on Nov. 1, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Skipping skating
    By Kat Sorensen • November 24, 2021 2:30 am

    I was looking forward to ice skating this winter. I had bought a pair of Nordic blades a little too…

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The Kenai River curls to Skilak Lake, as seen from the Hideout Trail on July 5, 2020.
    Out of the Office: Clearing the trail
    By Jeff Helminiak • November 10, 2021 2:30 am

    One of the benefits of growing old is waking up and, despite having done nothing particularly noteworthy the day before,…

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    A pleasant snow day in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Snow day
    By Kat Sorensen • November 3, 2021 2:30 am

    A wet, sopping blanket of snow covered Seward this morning. Before sunrise, I could see the wisps of white pass…

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    Student Conservation Association trail crews work on adding trail to Burneyճ Trail in the Skilak Lake Recreation Area. (Photo by Lee Dudak/SCA)
    Refuge Notebook: Getting a boost from SCA trail...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • November 3, 2021 2:30 am

    This past summer, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge saw the benefit from four additional trail crews provided by the Student…

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    Fall leaves frame a shot of Kenai Lake on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: To everything, there is...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 27, 2021 2:30 am

    We don’t really have “seasons” where I’m from. It stays an amicable 75 degrees and sunny pretty much all year,…

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    A bull caribou grazes in the Alaskan Arctic Refuge. The GNWT is seeking public input into its soon-to-be-released Bathurst Caribou Management Plan.
Photo credit Malkolm Boothroyd/malkolmboothroyd.com
    Refuge Notebook: Mating systems of moose and caribou
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • October 27, 2021 2:30 am

    Driving home the other day, my friend and I came across a big bull caribou chasing several cows down Kalifornsky…

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    Photo by Kat Sorensen 
The pedicure in question has seen many miles of hiking and walking since it was first painted on five months ago.
    Tangled Up in Blue: A perfect pedicure
    By Kat Sorensen • October 21, 2021 2:30 am

    There is just the smallest sliver of light pink nail polish left on my two big toes. Each time I’ve…

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    Anthony Botello fishes for halibut off the coast of Homer, Alaska, on Sept. 6, 2021. (Camille Botello)
    Out of the Office: Fish on!
    By Camille Botello • October 14, 2021 1:30 am

    I was pretty spoiled as a kid.

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    Photo by Angelica Smith/FWS 
Frannie Nelson collecting ground validation data for her undergraduate thesis in the Caribou Hills.
    Refuge Notebook: Spreading my wings and flying into...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • October 13, 2021 2:30 am

    In 2019, I became a biology intern at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for the first time! Here I was…

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    Author Kathleen Sorensen (252) and the rest of the field take off from the starting line at the Kenai River Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Three halves
    By Kat Sorensen • October 7, 2021 2:30 am

    I ran my third Kenai River Half Marathon this weekend.

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    Scaly, pale green leaves of a yellow-cedar near Sitka, Alaska. (Photo by M. Goff http://www.sitkanature.org/)
    Refuge Notebook: Will yellow cedar move to Kenai...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • October 6, 2021 2:30 am

    My first job as a field biologist in Alaska was working for the Tongass National Forest. I was stationed in…

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    A visual picture of profound change in the alpine plant community post-2019 Swan Lake Fire. This picture is from 2021, two years after the fire. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Swan Lake Fire update: How are...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • September 30, 2021 2:30 am

    By HEIDI HELLING

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    A thunderstorm is seen Aug. 3, 2021, in Okanogan County, Washington. (Kathryn Knowlton/submitted photo)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Shelter from the storm
    By Kat Sorensen • September 22, 2021 2:30 am

    I recently learned that the opposite of deja vu is jamais vu, meaning “never seen.”

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