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    Refuge Notebook
    Biologist Daneil Rapp reaches way into a burrow to investigate its contents. (Photo by Sarah Youngren/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: The life of a biologist
    By JULIA PINNIX Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge • July 28, 2021 2:30 am

    It’s summer in Alaska when the daylight hours are long and nearly countless wildlife are reproducing. Nearly countless, but not…

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    Volunteer campground hosts meet with Refuge Rangers at Hidden Lake Campground. (Photo by Berkley Bedell/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: How campers make good neighbors
    By LEAH ESKELIN Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • July 21, 2021 2:30 am

    There’s just something about dinner roasted over an open fire (maybe a s’more or two for dessert), birds singing and…

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    A telephoto lens helps capture this photo of a black bear on the Kenai Peninsula while keeping a safe distance. (Photo by C. Canterbury/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
    Being aware in bear country
    By KRIS INMAN, MATT CONNER AND MARION GLASER Refuge Notebook • July 14, 2021 2:30 am

    I recently got a call from a friend that is a typical call we receive when living in places like…

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    After a few days, the chick is getting stronger and showing promise for a potential successful release. (Photo by Marianne Clark)
    Refuge Notebook: Do our feathered friends need help?
    By TODD ESKELIN and MARIANNE CLARK Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • July 7, 2021 2:30 am

    For many, summer in Alaska is signified by lupine in full bloom and the bugs coming out in force. The…

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    Map of wildfire history on the Kenai Peninsula. (From Wildland Fire Science)
    Refuge Notebook: Living with fire on Kenai Peninsula
    By JEFF BOUSCHOR Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • June 30, 2021 2:30 am

    Thinking back to my childhood days in Alaska, I don’t recall wildfires being a regular occurrence. I’ve learned that I…

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    Range (shown in red) of the northern flying squirrel in Alaska. (Source: Alaska Fish and Game)
    Refuge Notebook: Myth or mystery — flying squirrels...
    By ANGELICA SMITH Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • June 23, 2021 2:30 am

    The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) is somewhat of an enigma to the Kenai Peninsula. While it has an established…

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    Refuge Notebook: Myth or mystery — flying squirrels on the Kenai
    Refuge Notebook: Myth or mystery — flying squirrels...
    By ANGELICA SMITH Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • June 19, 2021 2:30 am

    The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) is somewhat of an enigma to the Kenai Peninsula. While it has an established…

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    A Dytiscidae larva (water tiger) spotted in a pond adjacent to the pipeline corridor within the Kenai Wildlife Refuge in June 2020 (USFWS/Matt Bowser)
    Refuge Notebook: The little-known predator of the seasonal...
    By Sam Artaiz Refuge Notebook • June 16, 2021 2:30 am

    Not to be confused with the more noticeable surface whirligig beetles that swim in a circle, predaceous diving beetles will most often be under the water tension.

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    A young bear grazes on roadside horsetails off Skilak Lake Road. (Colin Canterbury/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Lots to spot this spring on...
    By LEAH ESKELIN Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • June 9, 2021 2:30 am

    Fluffs of shiny black fur, russet red velvety noses, bright yellow mouths open wide.

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    Ranger Nick Longobardi recording GoPro footage for Facebook content to bring sights from the refuge into your homes. (Photo by MJ Hendren/USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Adaptation as consistency?
    By NICK LONGOBARDI Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • June 2, 2021 2:30 am

    This year has been one for the books. Many of us had to change and adapt the way we function…

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    The beauty and expansiveness of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge seen from an unmanned aircraft in the upper Kenai River and Skilak Lake. (Photo by Mark Laker, USFWS)
    Refuge Notebook: Conserving wild places and wild things
    By KRIS INMAN Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • May 26, 2021 2:30 am

    I don’t know about you, but public lands play an important role in my life. They are where I learned…

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    Melting ice patch in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. (Photo provided by National Park Service)
    Refuge Notebook: Ice patch archaeology
    By JASON ROGERS National Park Service • March 31, 2021 2:30 am

    Alaska’s mountains and glaciers are beautiful to observe, and many of us enjoy summertime hikes and backpacking among the peaks….

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    A snowmachine at rest in front of the Snag Lake public use cabin. (Photo provided by USFWS)
    Preparedness is key to staying safe in the...
    By Daniel Saxton Kenai National Wildlife Refuge • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    If you spend any time in the backcountry it’s bound to happen: an ankle sprain halfway into a day hike,…

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