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Teresa Becher watches as beluga whales swim up the Kenai River on Saturday, April 24, 2021. She and her volunteer team monitor belugas in the Cook Inlet. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion file)
Ship noise may impact endangered Cook Inlet belugas,...
By Jacob Dye • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

Cook Inlet sees traffic and noise from commercial shipping, the international airport, military operations and oil and gas exploration

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Photo courtesy Peter Sculli/Alaska SeaLife Center
A newly rescued sea otter pup receives care from the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program in Seward on Oct. 31.
SeaLife Center admits sea otter pup
By Jacob Dye • November 15, 2023 1:30 am

It is the third sea otter pup to be rescued this year

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A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)
Kenai River late-run kings designated a stock of...
By Jacob Dye • October 18, 2023 1:30 am

The board-set optimal escapement goal for large late-run Kenai River king salmon has not been achieved in the four years that it has been in place

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Bear 32 Chunk stands in the waters of the Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska. The winner of a Wednesday matchup between Bear 806 Jr. and Bear 428 will meet Chunk in Fat Bear Week competition on Friday. (Photo courtesy Felicia Jimenez/National Park Service)
Survival of the fattest
By Jacob Dye • October 4, 2023 1:30 am

Paunchy ursine competitors go head-to-head in annual Fat Bear Week

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A seal rescued earlier this summer by the Alaska SeaLife Center awaits release on the North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
2nd harbor seal release draws large crowds
By Jacob Dye • September 28, 2023 1:30 am

The seals were Pierogi, Pringle and Belle de Fontenay

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Attendees, staff and volunteers gather for a video conference with SeaWorld San Antonio, where a Cook Inlet beluga named Tyonek was successfully rehabilitated and still lives, during a festival held as part of Belugas Count! at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Belugas Count! celebrated in Kenai
By Jacob Dye • September 28, 2023 1:30 am

At a viewing station on Kenai’s bluff overlook, dozens gathered and peered out over the Kenai River during a morning session

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Alaska SeaLife Center veterinary technician Jessica Davis carries a newborn otter pup patient into the Alaska SeaLife Center Veterinary clinic for an initial admit exam on Sept. 9, 2023. The otter pup was admitted to the ASLC Wildlife Response Program after witnesses watched orcas attack the pup’s mother. (Photo courtesy Peter Sculli/Alaska SeaLife Center)
Newborn sea otter rescued after orca attack
By Jacob Dye • September 20, 2023 1:30 am

The animal still had a fresh umbilical cord, suggesting she was only a day, “possibly even hours,” old

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Peninsula Clarion file
Alaska Wildlife Alliance member Grace Kautek looks out over the Kenai River for signs of belugas during the third annual Belugas Count! event at Erik Hansen Scout Park in Kenai on Sept. 21, 2019.
Cook Inlet belugas the center of returning educational...
By Jacob Dye • September 20, 2023 1:30 am

Belugas Count! set for Sept. 23

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A female northern sea otter rescued in Kenai on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, is seen at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)
Sea otter pup rescued in Kenai
By Jacob Dye • September 13, 2023 1:30 am

The pup is the latest in an extensive roster of animals rescued this summer

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Madison Kosma watches as beluga whales swim up the Kenai River at Cunningham Park on Saturday, April 24, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
Local ‘community scientists’ monitor endangered beluga population
By Jacob Dye • August 30, 2023 1:30 am

Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program trains volunteers to collect information about the Cook Inlet beluga population

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Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
A Pacific walrus pup rests his head on the lap of an Alaska SeaLife Center staff member after being admitted to the center’s Wildlife Response Program on Aug. 1. Walruses are highly tactile and social animals, receiving near-constant care from their mothers during the first two years of life. To emulate this maternal closeness, round-the-clock “cuddling” is being provided to ensure the calf remains calm and develops in a healthy manner.
Pacific walrus calf rescued, presents ‘rare opportunity’
By Jacob Dye • August 10, 2023 1:30 am

He was spotted on the North Slope around 4 miles inland

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A leucistic raven, distinct for its white coloration, is photographed north of Kenai. (Photo courtesy Gregory Messimer)
Rare white raven turns heads
By Jacob Dye • July 5, 2023 1:30 am

An unusually colored raven has been turning heads around the central Kenai Peninsula for the last few weeks — standing…

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Photo provided by Kachemak Crane Watch
Sandhill crane shot last Saturday on East End Road in Homer.
Crane shot with arrow
By Emilie Springer • July 5, 2023 1:30 am

Wildlife troopers seek information on shooting

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