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Jul 24 2018

Dorica Jackson holds a piece of Tansy Ragwort, showing the yellow flowers in 2018.

Why invasive species are on the rise in Southeast

By Liam Niemeyer, KRBD | Environment, Outdoors, Southeast

Across the Lower 48, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates hundreds of millions of dollars are spent each year to stop the spread of invasive species. Ketchikan biologists say the isolation and unique climate of Southeast Alaska protects the…

By Liam Niemeyer, KRBD | July 24, 2018 6:43 pm

Jul 20 2018

Gardentalk – Here’s your primer on picking peonies

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Gardentalk, Juneau, Outdoors

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski has a few tips for selecting and planting peony varieties.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | July 20, 2018 12:06 pm

Jul 20 2018

King Cove. (Photo courtesy Aleutians East Borough)

Environmentalists call foul after Fish and Wildlife quietly allows in Izembek land survey

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Aleutians, Environment, Outdoors, Wildlife

Conservation groups say the Interior Department has gone behind the public’s back and conducted a land survey in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, in the area of the proposed King Cove road.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | July 20, 2018 6:31 am

Jul 19 2018

More than 200 brown bears were harvested in the Bristol Bay region in spring 2016, according to preliminary numbers from Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (Photo courtesy of National Park Service)

Public comment period extended for proposed change to bear baiting regulation

By Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media | 2 Alaska, Federal Government, Outdoors, Wildlife

In a Wednesday announcement, Park Service officials extended a public comment period because of high public interest in the proposed change.

By Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media | July 19, 2018 7:45 am

Jul 19 2018

Salmon caught in a seine net in the eastern Norton Sound, just up the Bering Sea coast from Nome. (File photo by KNOM)

New Alaska law allows license to fish to be on your phone

By Emily Hofstaedter, KNOM-Nome | 2 Alaska, Fisheries, Outdoors, State Government

Gov. Bill Walker signed House Bill 260 into law, allowing carriers to show their license in paper form or on their cellphone. including a digital copy, or a photograph of a paper copy.

By Emily Hofstaedter, KNOM-Nome | July 19, 2018 7:04 am

Jul 16 2018

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew assisted the National Park Service in rescuing two hikers in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, July 14, 2018. The crew hoisted the hikers, one suffering from a leg injury,and transported them to awaiting EMS in Sitka. U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Sitka. (Video image courtesy U.S. Coast Guard)

Video: Coast Guard rescues two hikers in Glacier Bay

By Emily Kwong, KCAW | Outdoors, Search & Rescue, Southeast

A Coast Guard helicopter crew out of Sitka hoisted two hikers from near Lituya Bay after one was injured and needed immediate medical care.

By Emily Kwong, KCAW | July 16, 2018 7:12 pm

Jul 15 2018

Molly Kelly and her family collect spruce tips every spring in Gustavus. The commercial harvest brings an economic boost to the town. (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO)

How Gustavus’ spruce tips get into Juneau’s ice cream and booze

By Annie Bartholomew | Business, Community, Food, Juneau, Outdoors, Southeast

Each spring, about 50 pickers young and old get paid a few bucks a pound to collect spruce tips during a short harvest window in small town Gustavus.

By Annie Bartholomew | July 15, 2018 8:30 am

Jul 13 2018

Cucumber flowers fade and shrink for the night recently in a North Douglas greenhouse.

Gardentalk — Trim a little now for a bigger harvest later

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Food, Gardentalk, Juneau

Prune each tomato or cucumber plant’s extra side shoots so it can put more energy into growing more fruit. Better ventilation and airflow around the plants also limits mold and mildew infections.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | July 13, 2018 11:46 am

Jul 09 2018

Matt Crimp, left, Galen Eggleston and Piper Kurtz set their net at Upper Coffee Point on Independence Day. (Photo by Austin Fast/KDLG)

When fishing’s a bust, good attitudes can take you far

By Austin Fast, KDLG-Dillingham | Fisheries, Outdoors, Southwest, Wildlife

The Nushagak District has been harvesting about 1 million fish every day for a week now, so what happens when you inexplicably miss out on that bounty?

By Austin Fast, KDLG-Dillingham | July 9, 2018 7:22 am

Jul 07 2018

Spruce beetle outbreak in the Mat-Su Valley seen during the 2017 aerial detection survey. (Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service)

Spruce beetles take flight in search of new host trees

By Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media | Outdoors, Southcentral, Timber

The past two years, an outbreak concentrated in Southcentral Alaska’s Susitna River drainage and northwest Kenai Peninsula affected more than 500,000 acres of forest. It’s the worst infestation since the 1990s.

By Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media | July 7, 2018 1:25 pm

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Why invasive species are on the rise in Southeast

Gardentalk – Here’s your primer on picking peonies

Environmentalists call foul after Fish and Wildlife quietly allows in Izembek land survey

Public comment period extended for proposed change to bear baiting regulation

New Alaska law allows license to fish to be on your phone

Video: Coast Guard rescues two hikers in Glacier Bay

How Gustavus’ spruce tips get into Juneau’s ice cream and booze

Gardentalk — Trim a little now for a bigger harvest later

When fishing’s a bust, good attitudes can take you far

Spruce beetles take flight in search of new host trees

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