As much as we hate to admit it, winter is approaching. For some of us winter means snow dances, aurora photos, and ski waxing clinics.… Continue reading
Author’s note: This is the second part of a story that first appeared in the the December/January 2003 issue of Alaska magazine. It’s my take… Continue reading
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — My new best friend has sketchy bowel control, is banned for life from national parks and I’ve caught him in bed… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS (AP) — Noyes Slough provides a behind-the-scenes tour of urban Fairbanks, complete with passage under nine bridges, glimpses into backyards and the occasional smell… Continue reading
Fall is in the air. Last week, I took a quick walk through the woods. I watched golden leaves sail to the ground. A Varied… Continue reading
Author’s note: The December/January 2003 issue of Alaska magazine contained a photo-essay about the Kenai River, in which I wrote:“The Kenai River is many things… Continue reading
DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE — Summer travel is winding down at Denali National Park and Preserve, ending the season that sees the vast majority… Continue reading
If you lived in the woods on the Kenai Peninsula in the 1990s, you may not want to read this article. Those were the years… Continue reading
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Bonni Villaman and Deanna Wilson, both elementary school teachers, set the tone of the day early by ramming their canoe into a… Continue reading
Bill Santos, who lives in Taunton, Mass., called me earlier this week, and the talk soon turned to fishing.For many years, Bill made the long… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS (AP) — Tires flung mud in our eyes and rain soaked every layer of clothing. The descent made our brake rotors too hot to… Continue reading
People are screaming and sirens are wailing throughout the city. Children are lost, stumbling lone through the streets. Parents and guardians scramble to sift through… Continue reading
For weeks, rainbow trout fishing on the Kenai River has been hot. Clear, low water filled with the rotting flesh and stray eggs of spawned… Continue reading
While anglers should be cautious with rising water on the Kenai River from the release of the Snow Glacier-dammed lake, the event does come with… Continue reading
The first fishing how-to in print was Izaak Walton’s “The Compleat Angler,” published in 1653, and writers have been writing how-tos ever since.Writing fishing how-tos… Continue reading
There’s a saying in Alaska that when the fireweed stops blooming that the wildfire season is over. This seems to be valid for most but… Continue reading
It doesn’t take massive flowerbeds to make beneficial insects happy — just a few pollen- and nectar-rich plants in a small area, a “pollinator pocket.”Common… Continue reading
Normally, the Kenai Peninsula seems to go straight from summer into fall. This year, however, summer has been lingering — and the fish in peninsula… Continue reading
Is that expensive camera you bought last winter in hopes of becoming a professional photographer just sitting there collecting dust? Or did you just get… Continue reading
For centuries, mankind has been the dominant species. We domesticated animals, locked them up, killed them for sport. But what if all across the globe,… Continue reading
