Beyond the bears: Appreciating other Brooks Camp attractions in Katmai
Sure, the massive brown bears on and near the Brooks River will always be attraction No. 1, but an array of other prospects make Katmai a special place to visit.
Sure, the massive brown bears on and near the Brooks River will always be attraction No. 1, but an array of other prospects make Katmai a special place to visit.
How can I resist the lure of the sea peach, the tiger chiton, the opalescent nudibranch, the frilled dogwinkle, the false lemon peel, the breadcrumb sponge, the decorator crab, the peanut worm?
A program to track beached bird carcasses along Pacific Northwest coastlines has expanded in geography and scope.
Pervasive winter quiet interrupted only by grinding ice and shuffling sand along a popular Alaska beach that in five months will see dipnetters packed shoulder to shoulder.
Pervasive winter quiet interrupted only by grinding ice and shuffling sand along a popular Alaska beach that in five months will see dipnetters packed shoulder to shoulder.
For decades, chum salmon production on the famous McNeil River has lagged. Brown bears that feed there aren't going hungry, but biologists are working to rebuild the run.
It's hard to contemplate scientific advances when traipsing through a gelatinous graveyard. All those intricate patterns, all that see-through anatomy — beautiful even without the pulse of life.
Why Dillingham? Why Soldotna? And what about Windmill Hill without any sign of a windmill in the vicinity?
Most central Kenai Peninsula residents of my parents’ generation were born elsewhere, and many of the ones who lived and worked on the Peninsula left the state when they retired. In Dillingham, it's different.
Most central Kenai Peninsula residents of my parents’ generation were born elsewhere, and many of the ones who lived and worked on the Peninsula left the state when they retired. In Dillingham, it's different.