Slug bait and garden clean up can help
Environment
Ernest Leffingwell, scientist with a fan club
Ernest Leffingwell lived for nine summers and six winters in a cabin made from the ship that brought him to Flaxman Island in 1906.
Gardentalk – How to avoid the flood
Cover or support your plants during late season rains, install drainage
Researchers seek funding for buoy providing vital wave data in the Bering Sea
Funding is set to expire at the end of this season, which means the buoy is in need of a home and money to keep it operating.
Gardentalk – Late summer harvesting
Apples and potatoes
North slope ravens force researcher to go incognito
Some biologists hang from ropes to study birds. Many rise painfully early in the morning. Stacia Backensto disguised herself as a man.
Experimental rocket explodes after launch in Kodiak
A rocket carrying an experimental Army strike weapon exploded seconds after take off from the Kodiak Launch Complex at about 12:25 a.m. Monday morning.
Summer quake spurs researchers to Amchitka
A team of scientists is descending on a former nuclear test site in the Aleutians today to search for damage from a massive earthquake.
Conservation groups file suit over Big Thorne sale
Conservation groups that threatened to sue the U.S. Forest Service over the Big Thorne Timber Sale have followed through.
Gardentalk – Take back your lawn
How to re-purpose your grass lawn into providing more space for growing flowers and vegetables