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Elbow room

When Outsiders find out I'm from Alaska, they often ask why I live there. I say it's for the fishing, but the real reason has more to do with elbow room. The population of...
by Les Palmer

Historical observations of highways, fire and moose

Frank Dufresne, Chief, Division of Information, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, retired on June 20, 1950 after 30 years of continuous Federal service. Twenty-four years of Mr. Dufresne's career were spent in Alaska. He entered his life...
Gary Titus

2012, a humpy year

It's time someone put in a good word about pink salmon, the fish also known as humpies, so I'll give it a try. Weighing between 3 and 4 pounds, pinks are the smallest of the five salmon species found in Alaska waters, but they...
Les Palmer

On Paula Deen

This week I was gladdened to hear that Food Network chef Paula Deen was being hounded by the media. Deen, a bubbly woman who oozes Southern folksiness like a pork roast oozes fat, has been overdosing her television viewing...
Les Palmer

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