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    Outdoors and Recreation
    A snowmachine rider takes advantage of 2 feet of fresh snow on a field down Murwood Avenue in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Parts of refuge open for snowmachining
    By Jacob Dye • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    The refuge advises that snowmachine users exercise caution

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    Clarion Sports Editor Jeff Helminiak harvests a newsroom Christmas tree from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Arc Lake outside of Soldotna, Alaska, on Dec. 3, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Christmas tree harvesting available around Kenai Peninsula
    By Jacob Dye • November 28, 2024 7:30 am

    Trees may be harvested until Christmas Day

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    Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Families enjoyed exploring the sensory spider bin.
    Refuge Notebook: Nature is for everyone
    By Alyssa Zawawi • November 27, 2024 2:30 am

    A few weeks ago, I found myself in a dark room with around 500 spiders. This might sound like your…

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    Diamond Creek trail reopened for public use
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 24, 2024 1:30 am

    Mudslides resulting from heavy rains on Oct. 11 previously washed out a portion of the trail’s upper leg.

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: The Beast
    By Nick Varney • October 17, 2024 1:30 am

    We first noticed what looked to be trouble brewing in the far hinterlands of the Bering Sea while watching the…

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    Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion
Downed trees are seen in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in September 2020.
    Refuge opens for firewood collection Tuesday
    By Jacob Dye • October 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Only trees that are dead and down within designated areas may be cut

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    Diamond Creek Trail closed indefinitely
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Recent rains caused a mud slide on the trail, making it impassable

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    Forget-me-nots are in bloom on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 near a certain raspberry patch in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Forget not the little...
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 19, 2024 1:30 am

    I’ve been seeing a lot of chatter recently about how difficult it is, and how deliberate one must be, about…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: In memory of the fishing...
    By Nick Varney • June 12, 2024 2:30 am

    I would like to take a moment to answer a general question many of you have asked in your emails.

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    Matthew Morassutti at the Beluga Slough Trail in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Aurelia Umholtz/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: The futures ahead
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • June 12, 2024 1:30 am

    I’m sure you’ve all looked back at your lives at some point, thought back on decisions, be it with regret…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: High tides and a little...
    By Nick Varney • June 5, 2024 2:30 am

    Last week we reported that the Fishing Hole’s chinook run has been about as productive as trolling behind a state…

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    A guide from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge leads visitors on a hike of Centennial Trail near Soldotna on Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Refuge readies for another season of Guided Discovery...
    By Jacob Dye • June 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Guided Discovery Hikes are scheduled for every Friday and Saturday from June 21 to Aug. 30

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    If you teach a kid to fish, she will feed you a trout breakfast every morning of the campout. This proved true for this girl, who holds up a rainbow trout while sitting on a kayak. (Photo by Leah Eskelin)
    Refuge Notebook: Loon calls, campfire s’mores and prebooked...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • May 29, 2024 1:30 am

    There’s a buzz in the air. It’s the charged energy of early summertime in Alaska. It’s the murmur of fishermen…

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