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Cook Inlet is seen from Clam Gulch State Recreation Area on Feb. 7, 2020, in Clam Gulch, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Parking fees at state parks to go up in 2024

By Jake Dye

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A snowmachine rider takes advantage of two feet of fresh snow on a field in Soldotna in December 2022.

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Snowmachines now allowed in parts of Chugach National Forest

Sections of both the Glacier and Seward ranger districts, in Turnagain Pass, Carter Lake, Resurrection Pass, Lost Lake…

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Technician Steve Hoekwater collects an eDNA water sample from Berg Lake on Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on June 7, 2023, as part of an effort to detect invasive northern pike (Esox lucius). Photo by Nathan Davis/USFWS

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Refuge Notebook: Deja vu and something new — Probing Kenai Peninsula lakes for invasive species

We had been here before.

The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020, near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Russian River Campground reopens for winter

It was expected to reopen May 29

Photo by T. Eskelin, USFWS
The banded Anna’s hummingbird is being released and flew away seconds after the photo was taken.

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Refuge Notebook: Tales of the traveling hummingbird

In the book “A Sand County Almanac,” Aldo Leopold wrote, “To band a bird is to hold a…

A sign indicates the turn for Jim’s Landing on Skilak Lake Road on Sunday, June 13, 2021, near Skilak Lake on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Refuge opens for firewood collection Friday

Cutting is limited to trees already dead and down within the designated areas

Engineer Lake Cabin can be seen in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 21, 2021. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Public comment accepted for proposed rate increases for overnight fees at refuge

Campsites would increase $5 per night and cabins would increase $10 per night

North Kenai Beach, Aug. 1, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: The Circle Game

I don’t feel like I’ve been outside much lately. The problem is I have been outside a lot…

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Community recreation manager Mike Illg at his office in Homer High School.

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Homer community recreation offers new fall activities

The Homer Community Recreation Program offers an array of recreational and educational classes and programs for participants of…

Photo courtesy Ashley Every
A very scary butterfly is seen at the side of a lake along Hidden Creek Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska, on July 8, 2023.

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Out of the Office: Moments of joy

Sometimes I make a cup of coffee just to feel something. That is, holding a warm mug and…

Spruce trees on the Kenai Peninsula show the magnitude of spruce tip rust this year. (Photo by Todd Esklin/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Another big year for spruce tip rust

By Matt Bowser and Kris Inman

The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020, near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Russian River Campground closed Wednesday

The road is set to be reopened on May 29

Trail River cabin is already under construction. (Photo courtesy Harvey Hergett/United States Forest Service)

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Construction of new public use cabins begins in Moose Pass

Construction is beginning for a series of 25 public use recreation cabins, the Forest Service announced Tuesday. A…