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A sign to Kenai National Wildlife Refuge trails is seen Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
Fish and Wildlife Service withdraws Kenai Refuge proposal
By Jacob Dye • March 3, 2023 1:30 am

The service received around 45,000 public comments regarding the proposal

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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 pair of nearly pristine three-year-old workout shoes are placed in the backseat of Jake Dye’s mostly invincible car in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 8. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Out of the office: ‘Stupid walks’
By Jacob Dye • February 9, 2023 1:30 am

After more than three weeks of regularly hitting the gym — easily the longest stretch of any kind of exercise…

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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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Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation Kenai/Prince William Sound Superintendent Jack Blackwell fields questions about the Kasilof River Drift Boat Retrieval project at the Gilman River Center on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Construction of Kasilof boat retrieval to begin this...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 18, 2023 2:30 am

Efforts to build a public takeout facility on the lower Kasilof River began in 2011

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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 Emilie Springer/Homer News 
R/V Sikuliaq research crew in the Gulf of Alaska in July 2022.
From the Plankton to the Aurora
By Emilie Springer • January 5, 2023 1:30 am

Northern Gulf of Alaska Summer Research Cruise: R/V Sikuliaq, July 7-27, 2022.

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Nick Varney
Unhinged Alaska: The Weather Witch is sporting a...
By Nick Varney • January 2, 2023 2:30 am

I took the weather condition disparity as personal and figured it was payback for some blistering criticism I shot at the weather witch

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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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Karen Northrup signs folks in for opening day at Ohlson Mountain Rope Tow on Dec. 18, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer)
Ohlson Mountain’s Rope Tow opens
By Emilie Springer • December 22, 2022 1:30 am

The Ohlson Mountain Rope tow has been running at its current site since the 1970s.

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Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion 
Jake Dye’s “Mostly Invincible” Toyota 4Runner sits outside the Peninsula Clarion offices in Kenai, Dec. 22, still indomitable.
Out of the Office: Really cold
By Jacob Dye • December 22, 2022 1:30 am

At a certain point below zero degrees, I’m not so sure I can tell the difference anymore. Anything below zero…

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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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