Craig Medred Columns

Screw-ups make us smarter -- hopefully

So my memory was wrong, as old friend Chuck Kleeschulte, now an aide to the U.S. Senate Natural Resources Committee, reminded me over the phone from the nation's capital. He hadn't done the splits between the rail of the sailboat and the dock before splashing into the waters of Taku Harbor all ...

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The worst part of loving a dog is when the end is in sight

It has been 16 years since Bailey arrived in our house. It has been five or six, plus one knee surgery, since she last prowled the marshes she so loved.
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Putting moose calves down may be kindest option

Across the broad sweep of tens of millions of acres of wilderness to the north of this city, moose calves are dying by the thousands.
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Boost urban salmon runs, attract bears -- it's natural

The municipality has decided to give the Rover's Run Trail back to the bears. They've closed the narrow, wooded path along Campbell Creek, arguing it's too dangerous for walking or biking. Why, then, just this trail?
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High-tech gear doesn't prevent mental lapses

The last time the world heard from Gerald Myers, he offered these words in the form of a text message: "OK, Moving up."
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Scooping human poop not an option

Do the homeless defecate in the woods? Admittedly, this is not a pleasant question to ponder. Most of the thousands of runners, strollers, bikers and dog walkers who daily pass the homeless camps hidden in the city's greenbelts and parks would probably prefer to avoid even contemplating the issue...
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Fisheries need to share burden

Why is it so many seem to have forgotten the deal made 24 years ago when commercial fishermen were allowed to resume the killing of Susitna River king salmon?
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Time to enjoy the changing seasons

Life began anew last week. You could feel it in the sun that baked the graywacke and shale of the surrounding Chugach and Kenai mountains.
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Palmer boys who harassed moose getting convicted online without a trial

Even those who've never surfed the Web can't have missed hearing about the extra security added at Colony Middle School in Palmer last week after a nameless, faceless, virtual mob launched a jihad on students there.
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To live with bears, we may need to kill some bears

If you are coming to Anchorage this summer, be afraid -- beary, beary afraid.
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Avalanche tragedy can serve as lesson

Yancy Flair lived fast and happy until his death beneath an avalanche in Johnson Pass on the Kenai Peninsula March 28.