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    Refuge Notebook
    Spruce trees on the Kenai Peninsula show the magnitude of spruce tip rust this year. (Photo by Todd Esklin/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Another big year for spruce tip...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • August 23, 2023 2:30 am

    By Matt Bowser and Kris Inman

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    Photo by Matt Bowser
Kuviak Lake in the Swanson River Canoe System.
    Refuge Notebook: Discover the allure of canoeing opportunities...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • June 21, 2023 2:30 am

    Imagine embarking on a journey through the untouched wilderness of Alaska, gliding along pristine waterways, surrounded by breathtaking landscapes and…

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    An adult male mountain goat with GPS radio collar shortly after release. (Photo by Dom Watts/FWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Studies investigate mountain goat movements, habitats
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • May 25, 2023 2:30 am

    By DOM WATTS

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    Photo by USFWS/Colin Canterbury
Wolf track on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
    Refuge Notebook: A winter’s night among the stars,...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • March 23, 2023 2:30 am

    By Kevin Painter

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    Naming nature as an innovative way to identify and remember their official and complex scientific names. (Photo by USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Nature’s nametags
    By Matt Connor Refuge Notebook • March 2, 2023 2:30 am

    By Matt Connor

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    hoto by C. Canterbury, USFWS
A beaver coasts by in search of the perfect stick for a dam repair.
    Refuge Notebook: More research needed to determine beavers’...
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • February 16, 2023 2:30 am

    Do you ever stare at a map and wonder what that seemingly amazing place looks like in real life? Staring…

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A bog lemming travels through a tube that mimics natural tunnels and captures remote videos and genetic samples to identify this species from its small mammal cousins.
    Refuge Notebook: Our little-known glacial relict
    By Peninsula Clarion Contributor • January 25, 2023 2:30 am

    When I think about the Pleistocene, my mind naturally wanders to the large charismatic megafauna that dominated this period from…

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    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 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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    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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    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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