Outdoors

Clean up garden debris and start mixing compost into your soil before covering garden beds with plastic.

Four years of too little water is killing millions of trees in the Sierra, yet some giant sequoias still thrive. Tree-climbing scientists are exploring sequoias branch by branch to find their secret.

Want to hear a really big fish story? These guys don’t. They’re micro-fishers, seeking out the smallest fish and the largest number of species in this relatively new sport.

Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline have been raging. Tribe leader Dave Archambault II says he’s telling supporters “not to react to any form of aggression that law enforcement brings.”

The first snowfall in Anchorage came nearly right on schedule. On average, the city has at least a trace of the white stuff on October 16th, four days earlier than the date of this year’s first snow. Anchorage climatologist Brian Brettschneider keeps track of first snowfalls around the state, along with lots of other climate…

Alaska led the country in volume and value of fish landings, bringing in three times the money and more than five times the amount of seafood as the next largest ports.