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    Wildlife
    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)
    Return of the cranes
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • April 24, 2025 2:30 am

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

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    Two volunteers monitoring shorebirds on the Homer Spit in May 2016. (Photo courtesy of Kachemak Bay Birders)
    Kachemak Bay Birders kicks off 17th year of...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • April 10, 2025 7:30 pm

    The first monitoring session of 2025 will take place Saturday.

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    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)
    ‘BelugaCam’ livestreams set up at mouth of Kenai...
    By Jacob Dye • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

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

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    Photo by Kaiti Grant/courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center
Alaska SeaLife Center Wildlife Response Team members treat a juvenile northern sea otter that was admitted for care on Nov. 16 in Seward.
    Sealife center admits juvenile sea otter
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 27, 2024 1:30 am

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

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    Pacific walrus calf rehomed to SeaWorld Orlando
    By Delcenia Cosman • September 27, 2024 1:30 am

    The calf was first discovered orphaned in Utqiagvik in July

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    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)
    Crowd gathers for rainy release of harbor seals
    By Jacob Dye • September 12, 2024 1:30 am

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

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    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
    Female Pacific walrus calf admitted to Alaska SeaLife...
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 24, 2024 1:30 am

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

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    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)
    2 more seals admitted to SeaLife Center
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Wildlife response team is now caring for six harbor seal pups

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    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)
    2nd seal pup rescued in Kenai, ASLC now...
    By Jacob Dye • June 19, 2024 1:30 am

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

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    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)
    SeaLife Center admits 2 more seal pups to...
    By Jacob Dye • June 5, 2024 1:30 am

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

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    Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
A seal pup rescued from near Kenai beach is treated by the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program on May 9, 2024.
    SeaLife Center admits abandoned harbor seal pups
    By Jacob Dye • May 22, 2024 1:30 am

    Both seals were found abandoned and malnourished, and both were born prematurely

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    Dale Chorman stands with his wife, Dianne. (Photo provided by Tom Kizzia)
    Long-time Homer resident, photographer dead after Sunday moose...
    By Jacob Dye • May 20, 2024 1:30 am

    Troopers on Monday identified the victim as 70-year-old Dale Chorman

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    Flier for Bear Awareness and Electric Fencing Workshops. (Provided by Defenders of Wildlife)
    Local workshops to focus on managing bear attractants,...
    By Jacob Dye • March 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Next week, the Defenders of Wildlife, in partnership with the Department of Fish and Game, will host a series of…

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