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    Outdoors and Recreation
    Photo by Catie Shelden 
Snowshoers talk with Ranger Leah Eskelin during a December snowshoe walk at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
    Refuge Notebook: Take it from the hare, snowshoes...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • January 11, 2023 2:30 am

    The holidays are behind us, but there is still a whole lot of winter ahead. I love the rush and…

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    Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS 
The glacial blue waters of the Kenai River ice up.
    Refuge Notebook: Changing winters bring new conservation challenges
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • January 5, 2023 2:30 am

    The variability in our winters during the last decade here has made it difficult to discern trends

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    Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News 
R/V Sikuliaq research crew in the Gulf of Alaska in July 2022.
    From the Plankton to the Aurora
    By Emilie Springer • January 5, 2023 1:30 am

    Northern Gulf of Alaska Summer Research Cruise: R/V Sikuliaq, July 7-27, 2022.

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    Nick Varney
    Unhinged Alaska: The Weather Witch is sporting a...
    By Nick Varney • January 2, 2023 2:30 am

    I took the weather condition disparity as personal and figured it was payback for some blistering criticism I shot at the weather witch

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    Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS 
The snowshoelike feet of the lynx makes it well suited for traveling over snow.
    Refuge Notebook: Snow — good or bad for...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • December 22, 2022 2:30 am

    It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas and has been since the big storm that arrived a few weeks…

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    Karen Northrup signs folks in for opening day at Ohlson Mountain Rope Tow on Dec. 18, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer)
    Ohlson Mountain’s Rope Tow opens
    By Emilie Springer • December 22, 2022 1:30 am

    The Ohlson Mountain Rope tow has been running at its current site since the 1970s.

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    Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion 
Jake Dye’s “Mostly Invincible” Toyota 4Runner sits outside the Peninsula Clarion offices in Kenai, Dec. 22, still indomitable.
    Out of the Office: Really cold
    By Jacob Dye • December 22, 2022 1:30 am

    At a certain point below zero degrees, I’m not so sure I can tell the difference anymore. Anything below zero…

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    Forests surrounding the Kenai River. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Expect the unexpected
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • December 1, 2022 2:30 am

    Climate change is changing conservation. We used to set goals and objectives around returning to historical conditions, a time when…

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    Two roses washed up with the tide on the Homer Spit on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Finding grace on the...
    By Michael Armstrong • November 30, 2022 2:30 am

    Last month while walking the Homer Spit beach I came across two red roses and a scattering of petals that…

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    Out of the Office: On Andrews’ legacy
    By Jeff Helminiak • November 24, 2022 2:30 am

    Editor’s note: After reading of the death of John Andrews at 78 on Sept. 27, 2022, in the obituaries of…

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    A great horned owl sits in a tree. (USFWS/Colin Canterbury)
    Refuge Notebook: Finding perfection in the imperfect
    By Kris Inman with Andy Loranger, Steve Miller, and Jeff Bouschor • November 24, 2022 2:30 am

    The new snow brought our refuge manager outside for a morning walk

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    Freshwater invertebrates after processing in a kitchen blender. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)
    Invertebrates recover at Miller Creek
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • November 17, 2022 2:00 am

    Just over a year ago, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game applied the pesticide rotenone to two lakes and…

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    Invasive green crab. (Photo by Ryan Munes, USFWS)
    Crabby about invasive green crabs
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • November 16, 2022 2:30 am

    They’re described as one of the biggest threats to Alaska’s marine environment, and you’ve probably never heard of them. This…

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