Sunday, I photographed some caribou close to my home. As I photographed them, a couple looked curiously at me, but they didn’t seem particularly interested or disinterested by my presence. Instead, they moseyed. They moseyed across a field and across the road. They moseyed into someone else’s yard and they moseyed toward their next snack. […]
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Refuge Notebook: Has spring sprung?
The arrival of spring to the Kenai Peninsula is ushered in by so many different signs for different people. For some, it is the breaking up of the ice on the Kenai River. Simple things like flowing water can be seen and heard again. Beluga whale watching has become a favorite spring activity as these […]
Read MoreUnhinged Alaska: Sometimes they come back
I’m sure that most of you have memories that make you smile, scratch your grumpy side, or are just flat weird. For me, most of my peculiar flashbacks are of pre-adolescent indiscretions that the statute of limitations ran out before my parents realized that the dog really didn’t do it. My wife has her own […]
Read MoreRefuge Notebook: What do wildland firefighters do in the winter?
JEFF BOUSCHOR By Peninsula Clarion Contributor Most people do not think about wildfires during the winter months, but the fire management program at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is hard at work this winter preparing for wildfires that may affect our communities on the Kenai Peninsula. While many folks are focused on winter recreation activities […]
Read MoreOut of the Office: Juneau
It was kind of happenstance that I spent the last month living and working in Juneau. I’d heard of the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism’s Legislative Reporter Exchange Program before — KDLL 91.9 FM’s Riley Board participated last year. I missed this year’s deadline, though. By, like, a month. I’d mostly put it out […]
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