<![CDATA[Anchorage Daily News -- Outdoors]]> http://www.adn.com/334/index.xml Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, AK en-us Copyright 2012 Anchorage Daily News Fri, 25 May 2012 22:28:02 AKDT online@adn.com (Online Staff) MI RSS Burninator 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 334 60 <![CDATA[Seavey says he sued knife maker to get blade off market]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/25/2480222/seavey-says-he-sued-knife-maker.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/25/2480222/seavey-says-he-sued-knife-maker.html Fri, 25 May 2012 22:26:04 AKDT Iditarod musher Mitch Seavey, facing criticism for suing a knife-maker over a 2011 accident on the Iditarod Trail, said the lawsuit is not about money: "My goal is to get…

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]]> <![CDATA[Troopers hike enforcement in safety corridors this weekend]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/24/2478887/troopers-up-enforcement-in-safety.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/24/2478887/troopers-up-enforcement-in-safety.html Fri, 25 May 2012 07:36:20 AKDT With the start of Memorial Day weekend, Alaska State Troopers are stepping up enforcement in the four safety corridors across the state from now until July 1.

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]]> <![CDATA[King salmon forecast promising despite cloudy, cold rivers]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/23/2477511/forecast-for-kings-looks-good.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/23/2477511/forecast-for-kings-looks-good.html Thu, 24 May 2012 10:14:14 AKDT There's good and bad news for holiday-weekend fishing. First, the bad: It looks as though last winter's record snowfall has kept a few rivers colder than usual and off-color. The…

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]]> <![CDATA[Lingering snow affects visitor services at Exit Glacier]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/23/2476543/lingering-snow-affects-visitor.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/23/2476543/lingering-snow-affects-visitor.html Wed, 23 May 2012 09:07:06 AKDT National Park Service officials say more snow than usual is lingering in the Exit Glacier area northwest of Seward.

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]]> <![CDATA[Officials try new methods to curb pike on Kenai Peninsula]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/22/2475673/officials-try-new-methods-to-curb.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/22/2475673/officials-try-new-methods-to-curb.html Wed, 23 May 2012 09:45:08 AKDT An electric fence and water cannon will be part of an effort this summer to control invasive northern pike in a lake on the Kenai Peninsula.

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]]> <![CDATA[2 Denali wolves killed in buffer zone, setting off public outcry]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/21/2474340/2-denali-wolves-killed-in-buffer.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/21/2474340/2-denali-wolves-killed-in-buffer.html Tue, 22 May 2012 16:42:58 AKDT Conservationists are demanding an immediate halt to wolf trapping around Denali National Park after two primary breeding females from the park's best-known pack died, one of them killed by a…

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]]> <![CDATA[Families sue over deaths of commercial Inlet clam diggers]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/21/2474262/families-sue-over-cook-inlet-clam.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/21/2474262/families-sue-over-cook-inlet-clam.html Tue, 22 May 2012 07:25:57 AKDT The families of five clam diggers who died in a boat accident last year in Cook Inlet are suing the seafood company the men worked for, charging negligence over safety…

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]]> <![CDATA[Bald eagle is euthanized after being shot in the elbow]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/21/2473839/bald-eagle-is-euthanized-after.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/21/2473839/bald-eagle-is-euthanized-after.html Mon, 21 May 2012 18:45:37 AKDT Alaska Raptor Center officials in Sitka say a bald eagle that had been shot had to be euthanized.

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]]> <![CDATA[1,100-foot fall causes first death of season on McKinley]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/19/2471607/fall-on-mt-mckinley-claims-first.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/19/2471607/fall-on-mt-mckinley-claims-first.html Sun, 20 May 2012 15:23:37 AKDT A Mount McKinley climber fell 1,100 feet to his or her death Friday afternoon while trying to recover a backpack that had started to slide downhill, the National Park Service…

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]]> <![CDATA[Flawed decisions blamed in fatal 2011 Mount McKinley climb]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/18/2470919/flawed-decisions-blamed-in-fatal.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/18/2470919/flawed-decisions-blamed-in-fatal.html Sat, 19 May 2012 15:40:48 AKDT A guide's decision to make a final push up Mount McKinley with minimal gear was faulted in a National Park Service report on the May 2011 climb that left one…

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]]> <![CDATA[Anchorage restaurant races Seattle for first salmon]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/18/2470574/anchorage-restaurant-races-seattle.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/18/2470574/anchorage-restaurant-races-seattle.html Fri, 18 May 2012 21:54:44 AKDT An Anchorage seafood restaurant heralded its grand opening Friday by mimicking Alaska Airlines' splashy salmon show in Seattle.

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]]> <![CDATA[State's active duty military members, dependents get a day at the park]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/16/2468058/states-active-duty-military-members.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/16/2468058/states-active-duty-military-members.html Wed, 16 May 2012 22:42:52 AKDT On Armed Services Day, Saturday, the National Park Service will begin issuing an annual pass offering free entrance to all 397 national parks for active duty military members and their…

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]]> <![CDATA[Hares are different critters]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/14/2465045/hares-are-different-critters.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/14/2465045/hares-are-different-critters.html Mon, 14 May 2012 23:36:27 AKDT When I was a kid on the homestead, I was a rabbit hunter. Or at least I thought I was hunting rabbits.

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]]> <![CDATA[Eagle River bear-mauling survivor surprised to be alive]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/14/2464740/bear-mauling-survivor-thankful.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/14/2464740/bear-mauling-survivor-thankful.html Tue, 15 May 2012 16:18:20 AKDT When a brown bear charged him Saturday from about 30 yards away while he was on his property bordering Chugach State Park, Howard Meyer had one thing on his mind:

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]]> <![CDATA[Outdoor hotline (5/15/12)]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/14/2464802/outdoor-hotline-51512.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/14/2464802/outdoor-hotline-51512.html Mon, 14 May 2012 18:07:00 AKDT Notices and listings of upcoming outdoors events…

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]]> <![CDATA[Hikers fear a favorite Chugach park trail has been ruined]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/13/2463771/is-the-scenic-south-fork-trail.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/13/2463771/is-the-scenic-south-fork-trail.html Mon, 14 May 2012 16:27:27 AKDT The South Fork Trail in Eagle River has long been a beloved access point to Chugach State Park. So last summer, when visitors found an excavator churning earth on the…

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]]> <![CDATA[Mammoth tusk smuggling trial starts Monday]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/11/2461036/mammoth-tusk-smuggling-trial-starts.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/11/2461036/mammoth-tusk-smuggling-trial-starts.html Fri, 11 May 2012 08:10:30 AKDT The federal trial for a well-known Alaska guide charged with helping a client smuggle a 10,000-year-old mammoth fossil to Pennsylvania starts Monday in Fairbanks.

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]]> <![CDATA[Anchorage man plans year on uninhabited island]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/10/2459949/alaska-man-plans-year-on-uninhabited.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/10/2459949/alaska-man-plans-year-on-uninhabited.html Fri, 11 May 2012 00:03:36 AKDT Charles Baird is going off the grid for a year. The 40-year-old oil company employee and filmmaker from Anchorage will move to the mostly uninhabited Latouche Island in Prince William…

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]]> <![CDATA[Fairbanks hunter recalls weekend mauling in Kodiak]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/05/05/2454106/fairbanks-hunter-recalls-weekend.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/05/05/2454106/fairbanks-hunter-recalls-weekend.html Mon, 07 May 2012 07:27:06 AKDT One minute, Rodd Moretz was high-fiving his 13-year-old son, Caleb, after shooting the biggest brown bear of his life. The next minute, he was tumbling down the hillside with another…

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]]> <![CDATA[Difficult to gauge wolf control impact]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/30/2446727/difficult-to-gauge-wolf-control.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/30/2446727/difficult-to-gauge-wolf-control.html Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:10:25 AKDT There are people at both extremes on the controversial issue of wolf control. Some hunters would like to see a very high moose population with almost no wolves competing with…

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]]> <![CDATA[Hunter kills one bear, tussles with another on Kodiak Island]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/30/2445959/hunter-kills-one-bear-is-charged.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/30/2445959/hunter-kills-one-bear-is-charged.html Tue, 01 May 2012 12:56:56 AKDT A brown bear "pounced" on a hunter Saturday on Kodiak Island after he killed another bear nearby, troopers say. Rodd A. Moretz of Fairbanks suffered only minor scalp injuries.

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]]> <![CDATA[Moose Federation gets more funds for controversial program]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/25/2439886/moose-federation-gets-more-funds.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/25/2439886/moose-federation-gets-more-funds.html Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:39:39 AKDT For the second straight year, the Alaska Moose Federation has received more than $1 million in state funding for a "rescue and relocation" program that didn't move a single moose…

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]]> <![CDATA[It's time to raise your bear awareness]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/22/2435871/its-time-to-raise-your-bear-awareness.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/22/2435871/its-time-to-raise-your-bear-awareness.html Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:47:47 AKDT Although the heavy winter snow may have them wanting to hit the snooze button, it won't be long before local bears begin to rise and shine for the spring. That…

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]]> <![CDATA[Climber falls 150 feet, rescued on Moose's Tooth, agency says]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/21/2434444/climber-falls-150-feet-rescued.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/21/2434444/climber-falls-150-feet-rescued.html Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:57:40 AKDT A Japanese climber fell 150 feet and spent several hours on Moose's Tooth in Denali National Park early Saturday before being rescued by the Alaska Air National Guard.

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]]> <![CDATA[Ted Nugent admits to illegal bear kill]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/20/2433298/ted-nugent-admits-illegal-bear.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/20/2433298/ted-nugent-admits-illegal-bear.html Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:13:02 AKDT Activist and musician Ted Nugent has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors admitting he illegally shot and transported black bear in Southeast Alaska two years ago, according to the…

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]]> <![CDATA[Anchorage hunting guide now faces federal charges]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/19/2432070/anchorage-hunting-guide-now-faces.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/19/2432070/anchorage-hunting-guide-now-faces.html Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:38:32 AKDT An Anchorage-based hunting guide accused of illegally shooting moose, leaving them to rot and then using their carcasses as bait for his clients' brown bear hunts is facing new charges…

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]]> <![CDATA[Outdoor hotline (4/17/12)]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/16/2426488/outdoor-hotline.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/16/2426488/outdoor-hotline.html Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:13:19 AKDT Notices and listings of upcoming outdoors events…

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]]> <![CDATA[Trumpeters are first to arrive in Alaska and last to leave]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/16/2426486/trumpeters-are-first-to-arrive.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/16/2426486/trumpeters-are-first-to-arrive.html Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:14:04 AKDT The swans have returned to the Copper Basin. One can set the calendar by them, because for as long as I can remember, they show up at the outlet of…

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]]> <![CDATA[Fairbanks man dies in snowmachine crash]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/14/2423088/fairbanks-man-dies-in-snowmachine.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/14/2423088/fairbanks-man-dies-in-snowmachine.html Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:38:42 AKDT A Fairbanks man died in a snowmachine crash Thursday along the Nakolik River, north of Kotzebue in Northwest Alaska, according to Alaska State Troopers.

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]]> <![CDATA[Motorists can drive Denali Park road as far as Teklanika River]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/13/2422303/motorists-can-drive-denali-park.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/13/2422303/motorists-can-drive-denali-park.html Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:08:11 AKDT Favorable weather and work by road crews means drivers on the Denali Park road can go as far as the Teklanika River Rest Area at Mile 29 beginning at 8…

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]]> <![CDATA[Herding a bull moose with plane proves costly to father and son]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/05/2409929/herding-a-bull-moose-with-plane.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/05/2409929/herding-a-bull-moose-with-plane.html Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:39:28 AKDT A man and his son, accused of using an airplane to herd a large bull moose before the father shot it south of Fairbanks, have reached a plea deal.

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]]> <![CDATA[Predicting the season is strictly for the birds]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/03/2406175/predicting-the-season-is-strictly.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/03/2406175/predicting-the-season-is-strictly.html Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:36:26 AKDT Birds have always been our best indicators of the season, and this year follows as the eons before.

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]]> <![CDATA[State proposes causeway for popular lakefront]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/04/01/2402304/state-proposes-causeway-for-popular.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/04/01/2402304/state-proposes-causeway-for-popular.html Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:22:58 AKDT A 230-foot causeway would be built into a popular Interior Alaska lake under a proposal advanced by state park officials.

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]]> <![CDATA[Denali road to open to Savage River]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/30/2398825/denali-road-to-open-to-savage.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/30/2398825/denali-road-to-open-to-savage.html Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:01:26 AKDT The road into Denali National Park and Preserve is opening to Mile 1 today, weather permitting.

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]]> <![CDATA[Denali Park road open to Mile 13]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/23/2386868/denali-park-road-open-to-mile.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/23/2386868/denali-park-road-open-to-mile.html Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:44:38 AKDT Park officials say there is fun to be had this time of year in the park, well before the summer tourists arrive.

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]]> <![CDATA[Mat-Su miner fined $5,000 for diverting salmon stream]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/20/2381105/mat-su-jury-convicts-miner-of.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/20/2381105/mat-su-jury-convicts-miner-of.html Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:07:44 AKDT A 59-year-old Trapper Creek miner has been found guilty by a Palmer jury of diverting a salmon stream. State prosecutors say he is developing a plan to restore the creek.

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]]> <![CDATA[Outdoor hotline (3/20/12)]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/19/2380431/outdoor-hotline-32012.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/19/2380431/outdoor-hotline-32012.html Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:01:17 AKDT Notices and listings of upcoming outdoors events…

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]]> <![CDATA[Avalanche survivor has surgery for broken leg]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/18/2378646/avalanche-survivor-has-surgery.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/18/2378646/avalanche-survivor-has-surgery.html Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:55:04 AKDT A young man from New York medevacked from Turnagain Pass early Saturday after being swept up in an avalanche remained hospitalized Sunday in Anchorage, a hospital spokeswoman said.

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]]> <![CDATA[Air Guard rescues skier injured in Turnagain Pass avalanche]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/17/2376653/skiers-rescued-after-avalanche.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/17/2376653/skiers-rescued-after-avalanche.html Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:14:39 AKDT An avalanche Friday night injured a skier in the Turnagain Pass backcountry south of Anchorage, according to the Alaska Air National Guard, which sent a helicopter to rescue the man…

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]]> <![CDATA[Fairbanks musher calls for rescue]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/15/2372580/fairbanks-musher-calls-for-rescue.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/15/2372580/fairbanks-musher-calls-for-rescue.html Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:19:01 AKDT A Fairbanks musher called for rescue after he and his dog team ran into overflow.

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]]> <![CDATA[Outdoors hotline]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/12/2367249/outdoors-hotline.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/12/2367249/outdoors-hotline.html Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:58:40 AKDT upcoming…

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]]> <![CDATA[Moose-relocation program gets big boost from state]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/10/2364244/relocating-moose-gets-big-boost.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/10/2364244/relocating-moose-gets-big-boost.html Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:57:12 AKDT For years, Gary Olson and his Alaska Moose Federation were rebuffed by a Department of Fish and Game that did not warm to the idea of a private group with…

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]]> <![CDATA[Ketchikan man helps bear cub get head out of plastic jar]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/07/2357976/ketchikan-man-helps-bear-cub-get.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/07/2357976/ketchikan-man-helps-bear-cub-get.html Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:32:45 AKST A tiny bear cub received another chance at life on Sunday when Ketchikan hiker Michael Schuler freed its head from a plastic jug someone left on the top of Deer…

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]]> <![CDATA[Aerial bear control OK'd in Kuskokwim River region]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/05/2353786/aerial-bear-control-okd-in-kuskokwim.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/05/2353786/aerial-bear-control-okd-in-kuskokwim.html Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:29:40 AKST The Alaska Board of Game has approved a plan for state wildlife biologists to shoot black and grizzly bears from helicopters in the middle Kuskokwim River region starting next spring.

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]]> <![CDATA[One man dead, another hurt in fishing boat accidents]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/05/2353834/man-on-fishing-boat-hit-in-head.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/05/2353834/man-on-fishing-boat-hit-in-head.html Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:53:30 AKST A 47-year-old man on a trawler in the Bering Sea was the second to be struck in the head by cables in separate incidents on major commercial fishing vessels in…

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]]> <![CDATA[Moose stomp 2 Mat-Su women on way to bus stops with kids]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/03/01/2346684/moose-stomp-2-alaska-women-on.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/03/01/2346684/moose-stomp-2-alaska-women-on.html Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:38:25 AKST A woman in Talkeetna and another in Willow were injured Thursday when they were stomped by moose as they walked children to bus stops. In both cases, the children were…

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]]> <![CDATA[New Iditarod rule mandates kennel cough vaccination]]> http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/159946#storylink=rss http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/159946 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:24:45 AKST For the first time, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officials are requiring all dogs in the race to be vaccinated for kennel cough. Several top mushers spotted signs of the…

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]]> <![CDATA[Outdoors hotline (2/28/12)]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/27/2340816/outdoors-hotline-22812.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/27/2340816/outdoors-hotline-22812.html Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:19:08 AKST Notices and listings of upcoming outdoors events…

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]]> <![CDATA[Chezik extends his lead on Day 2 of Rondy World Championship]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/25/2336665/chezik-extends-lead-on-day-2-of.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/25/2336665/chezik-extends-lead-on-day-2-of.html Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:33:39 AKST Ken Chezik maintained his lead on the second day of the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Race on Saturday, beating second-place finisher Kevin Cook by two seconds.

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]]> <![CDATA[McKenna, VanMeter win Iron Dog by more than an hour]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/25/2336637/mckenna-vanmeter-win-2012-iron.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/25/2336637/mckenna-vanmeter-win-2012-iron.html Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:57:04 AKST Holding a bottle of champagne in one hand and his 3 1/2-year-old daughter, Asa, in the other, Marc McKenna tipped the bottle up, took a big swig and then shook…

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]]> <![CDATA[Canadians, rookie mushers eager to hit Fur Rondy trails]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/23/2333472/canadians-rookie-mushers-eager.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/23/2333472/canadians-rookie-mushers-eager.html Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:54:44 AKST The field of 24 teams in the 2012 World Championship Sled Dog Race, which starts Friday in downtown Anchorage, includes eight mushers competing in the race for the first time.

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]]> <![CDATA[Mat-Su Assembly OKs road to new ski trails]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/23/2332756/mat-su-assembly-oks-road-to-new.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/23/2332756/mat-su-assembly-oks-road-to-new.html Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:24:21 AKST The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly has approved a contract for a road leading to new cross country ski trails in the Hatcher Pass area.

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]]> <![CDATA[Anchorage kids make mushing sport of choice]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327797/kids-find-new-sport-omg-its-dog.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327797/kids-find-new-sport-omg-its-dog.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:00:30 AKST The Goddard-Vaughan family has been trying to answer a question lately, one they never quite imagined would surface in their Anchorage lives: Should they move from their home off Tudor…

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]]> <![CDATA[Race is a fitting tribute to musher]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327948/race-is-a-fitting-tribute-to-musher.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327948/race-is-a-fitting-tribute-to-musher.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:30:34 AKST The common definition of "Unalakleet" is "the place where the east wind blows." It certainly blows from the east there -- 20 mph is considered calm. However, the true meaning…

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]]> <![CDATA[Avalanche survivor: 'We weren't being idiots']]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327695/sole-avalanche-survivor-we-werent.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327695/sole-avalanche-survivor-we-werent.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:12:01 AKST Elyse Saugstad was taking a break with several fellow skiers Sunday in the Washington state backcountry when the shouting began. "Elyse! Avalanche!" The 33-year-old turned to see tons of snow…

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]]> <![CDATA[Outdoors hotline (2/21/12)]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327947/outdoors-hotline-22112.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327947/outdoors-hotline-22112.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:25:07 AKST Notices and listings of upcoming outdoors events…

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]]> <![CDATA[Avalanche deaths up among ranks of experienced skiers]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327491/avalanche-deaths-increase-among.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327491/avalanche-deaths-increase-among.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:29:23 AKST The deaths of four people in two avalanches Sunday northeast of Seattle are the latest examples of what can happen when backcountry skiing, powered by the predictable human urge for…

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]]> <![CDATA[Park Service seeks input on plans to improve trail]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326561/park-service-seeks-input-on-plans.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326561/park-service-seeks-input-on-plans.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:30:35 AKST The National Park Service is taking comments on its plans to improve and lengthen a trail at Denali National Park.

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]]> <![CDATA[Girdwood skier credits airbag for avalanche survival]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326521/girdwood-skier-credits-airbag.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326521/girdwood-skier-credits-airbag.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:22:48 AKST Girdwood professional skier Elyse Saugstad credited an airbag she was carrying in her backpack for saving her life in an avalanche Sunday that killed three people she was skiing with…

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]]> <![CDATA[Snow enthusiasts split on use of avalanche survival aids]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326372/snow-enthusiasts-split-on-use.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326372/snow-enthusiasts-split-on-use.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:04:38 AKST In a year when there have been several avalanches and some deaths Outside, expeerts are of two minds when it comes to avalanche safety devices like the inflatable air bag…

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