In the late 1970s, landowners along the Kenai were outraged when told by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that they could no longer dump fill on their wetlands. In the 1980s, many boaters were more than a little bit peeved when the state placed a 35-horsepower limit on the Kenai, forcing them to buy...
Fri, 04/06/2012 - 8:04am
During a hot July day in 2002, Mari Reeves, a biologist with the Anchorage Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was poking around the Swanson River Road in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Reeves was just starting a multi-year investigation of structural abnormalities in our ubiqui...
Fri, 03/30/2012 - 8:10amWhy fish won’t bite is one of the great mysteries of fishing. It’s been attributed to everything from circadian rhythm to karma. To make the puzzle even more exasperating, each species has its own feeding preferences. Understanding fish is on a par with understanding women. Many times, I’ve se...
Fri, 03/30/2012 - 8:01am
Editor's note: Polly Crawford was a reporter and associate editor of The Peninsula Clarion from 1985-1988, when she wrote "Perils of Polly." She also has written a series of "Peril" columns about Australia, Asia, and Central America. Her perils continue in Argentina and Chile. Argentina is ...
Fri, 03/30/2012 - 7:57am
Editor's note: Polly Crawford was a reporter and associate editor of The Peninsula Clarion from 1985-1988, when she wrote "Perils of Polly." She also has written a series of "Peril" columns about Australia, Asia, and Central America. Her perils continue in Argentina and Chile. Our second da...
Fri, 03/23/2012 - 8:17am
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is an early-winter continental bird census where volunteers count and identify all birds they observe within a 15-mile diameter count circle, on one day, between December 14 and January 5. Annually, there are approximately 60,000 participants counting in over 2,000 cir...
Fri, 03/23/2012 - 8:10amThe fish you caught last year probably has been in your freezer for six months or longer. Even under ideal conditions -- if it was bled, iced down, frozen soon after being caught and kept at zero degrees or colder ever since -- it no longer has the flavor or texture it once had. That said, it remain...
Fri, 03/23/2012 - 8:02am
This year the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will use a drawing system to allocate black bear bait sites. In the past, black bear bait permits were issued on a first-come basis. Interested parties would wait in line at the Refuge headquarters office to select a site. Many eager hunters would camp ou...
Fri, 03/16/2012 - 8:49am
Editor's note: Polly Crawford was a reporter and associate editor of The Peninsula Clarion from 1985-1988, when she wrote "Perils of Polly." She also has written a series of "Peril" columns about Australia, Asia, and Central America. Her perils continue in Argentina and Chile. The owner of ...
Fri, 03/16/2012 - 8:39amOn Wednesday I returned to Sterling from the south, where I enjoyed my first winter as a snowbird. The real snowbirds are still down there, probably quacking and cackling at my ignorance. They know better than to return to Alaska while the temperatures are below freezing and there's snow that needs ...
Fri, 03/16/2012 - 8:21am
