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Published: February 25th, 2011 01:27 PM Last Modified: March 1st, 2011 10:28 AM
If Alaska is on the verge of economic crisis because of dwindling oil reserves, then maybe the state should include a certain 55-gallon object -- bigger than a baby seal but smaller than a sea lion or polar bear -- among its endangered species. With tongue in cheek, Seldovia blogger, photographer and trekker Bretwood Higman has put together a slide show that sort of celebrates what he calls an "Alaska state flower."