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A harbor seal pup rescued near Kenai is treated at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Premature seal pup rescued from Kenai beach

Findings from an initial exam indicate that the pup was likely born that day.

The rescued sea otter pup looks at the camera in this undated picture, provided by the Alaska SeaLife Center. (Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Stranded otter pup rescued from Homer beach

She is estimated to be around 2 months old and was found alone by concerned beach walkers.

Students stock rainbow trout into Johnson Lake during Salmon Celebration, hosted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game near Kasilof, Alaska, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Celebrating the cycle of life

The annual Kenai Peninsula Salmon Celebration caps off the Salmon in the Classroom program.

A crane flock looks out over Kachemak Bay at the Inspiration Ridge Preserve in early September last year. (Photo courtesy of Kachemak Crane Watch/Nina Faust)

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Return of the cranes

The first cranes of the year have been spotted returning to Kachemak Bay to nest.

Two volunteers monitoring shorebirds on the Homer Spit in May 2016. (Photo courtesy of Kachemak Bay Birders)

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Kachemak Bay Birders kicks off 17th year of shorebird monitoring project

The first monitoring session of 2025 will take place Saturday.

The waters of the Kenai River lap against the shore at North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘BelugaCam’ livestreams set up at mouth of Kenai River

Cook Inlet belugas are one of five genetically distinct populations of beluga whales in Alaska

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Alaska SeaLife Center Wildlife Response Team members treat a juvenile northern sea otter that was admitted for care on Nov. 16 in Seward.

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Sealife center admits juvenile sea otter

The juvenile otter was rescued from Seward with “significant” facial trauma

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Pacific walrus calf rehomed to SeaWorld Orlando

The calf was first discovered orphaned in Utqiagvik in July

Seals poke their heads out of kennels while being released from the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program at North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Crowd gathers for rainy release of harbor seals

Four harbor seals were released from the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program

Alaska SeaLife Center Animal Care Specialist Maddie Welch (left) and Veterinary Technician Jessica Davis (right) feeds the orphaned female Pacific walrus calf patient that arrived from Utqiagvik, Alaska on Monday, July 22. Walruses are rare patients for the Wildlife Response Department, with only eleven total and just one other female since the ASLC opened in 1998. Photo by Kaiti Grant

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Female Pacific walrus calf admitted to Alaska SeaLife Center

The walrus calf, rescued from Utqiagvik, was admitted on July 22

A harbor seal pup rescued from near the Copper River Delta is photographed at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo provided by Alaska SeaLife Center)

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2 more seals admitted to SeaLife Center

Wildlife response team is now caring for six harbor seal pups

A seal pup rescued from the Kenai Beach is in the care of the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program in Seward, Alaska, on June 6, 2024. (Photo provided by Alaska SeaLife Center)

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2nd seal pup rescued in Kenai, ASLC now caring for 4

A second newborn seal was rescued on Kenai Beach and admitted by the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response…

A harbor seal pup rescued from near Kachemak Bay is treated by Wildlife Response Program staff at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo provided by Alaska SeaLife Center)

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SeaLife Center admits 2 more seal pups to wildlife response program

The Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program is now caring for three harbor seals after admitting two abandoned…