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The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s July 3 discovery hike was at the Vista Trail. (Photo by Camille Botello)
Wishing y’all well
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 4, 2021 2:30 am

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be “well” lately. Like, what does that actually mean? Is…

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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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Camille Botello reaches the Skyline summit near Cooper Landing, Alaska with dirty ankles on June 27, 2021. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)
Out of the Office: The view from Skyline
By Camille Botello • July 21, 2021 1:30 am

In some ways, the isolation of the pandemic has proved even more harsh for me.

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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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Two black bears walk along Skilak Lake Road on Monday, June 14, 2021 near Skilak Lake, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Bears and dogs don’t mix
By Camille Botello • July 14, 2021 1:30 am

The best way to enjoy bear country with pups is by keeping them close.

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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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Eileen Sorensen taunts her dog, Hana, with fresh caught and cooked blue claw crabs in New Jersey. (Photo courtesy Kat Sorensen)
Tangled Up in Blue: Good Grief
By Kat Sorensen For the Peninsula Clarion • June 23, 2021 2:30 am

They say that grief washes over you in waves, but I just jumped in.

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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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