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Out of the Office: Trails that wind, hearts that find

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Out of the Office: Trails that wind, hearts that find

As with a lot of things, Alaska has been lucky to be far removed and largely untouched by…

Photo credit: USFWS                                 A morel mushroom grows in disturbed gravel on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

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Out of the Office: Morels surge confidence

I’m writing this in the car on the drive to Anchorage. My boyfriend, Nate, and I are in…

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Kachemak Bay trails report

The trails report is provided by Park Specialist Eric Clarke.

Reeling ‘Em In: Nick is back with summer fishin’ report

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Reeling ‘Em In: Nick is back with summer fishin’ report

Howdy folks. Yep, we’re back and wish to offer our apologies for not having the usual fishing report…

Archaeology students participate in a dig near Delta Junction, Alaska, conducted by Dr. Kate Krazinski and Dr. Brian Wygal of Adelphi University in summer 2019. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: One person’s trash is another’s artifact

Archaeology. OK, what was the first thing that came to your mind when you read that word? I…

Alaska State Parks logo. (Image courtesy Alaska State Parks)

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Kachemak Bay trails report

The trails report is provided by Park Specialist Eric Clarke.

Alaska State Parks logo. (Image courtesy Alaska State Parks)

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Kachemak Bay trails report

The trails report is provided by Park Specialist Eric Clarke.

Dan Rapp and Sarah Youngren of Soldotna have spent the last five summers on Aiktak Island in the eastern Aleutians and hope to return in 2020. (Photo by Sarah Youngren)

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Refuge Notebook: Learning to love the ‘sweat and shiver’ diet

Have you ever spent a weekend camping, maybe a long weekend, when the rain never seemed to quit?…

Mills Creek on April 29, 2020 in the pass between Cooper Landing and the Turnagain Arm. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak)

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Out of the office: Summer arrives

What was I doing?

A soils primer for Homer: Starichkof soils are the bogs and fens of Alaska

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A soils primer for Homer: Starichkof soils are the bogs and fens of Alaska

This is the next installment in the series “A Soils Primer for Homer.”

Chris Giegerich holds a monster halibut he caught on the F/V Huntress with Capt. Josh Brooks on May 3, 2020, while fishing in lower Cook Inlet with his family. (Photo courtesy of Joleen Brooks, F/V Huntress)

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Angler catches monster halibut

A monster halibut caught on May 3 by Chris Giegerich would have been a contender last year —…

A completely normal scene at the top of Slaughter Ridge in Cooper Landing. (Photo provided by Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled Up in Blue: AM/FM

I woke up to the sound of a stranger crying and decided to go directly back to bed.…

Photo provided by USFWS                                 A morel mushroom grows in disturbed gravel on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

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Refuge Notebook: Forest morels: Year after fire brings rewards

2019 will be synonymous with wildland fire for most of the residents of the Kenai Peninsula, and as…