Wire Service

By Ned Rozell A GREEN PLATEAU NORTH OF LITUYA BAY — “These are museum-class bonsais,” Ben Gaglioti says as we walk through an elfin forest. Gaglioti, a University of Alaska Fairbanks ecologist, has led...

By Jeff Lund For the Juneau Empire Over my first year of marriage, I’ve learned that gestures between spouses should be loving, thoughtful and, most importantly, fitting for the couple. I had previously seen,...

By Mary F. Willson For the Juneau Empire Red-wings are found all over North America, barring the very far north and some patches of unlivable habitat. They are here in Juneau, too; two...

By Ned Rozell OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN — To the woman wearing earbuds and sitting next to me in seat 7E: I’m sorry; I did not get to shower before boarding the plane...

By Ned Rozell In her recently published memoir, Katey Walter Anthony writes that a certain type of northern lake is a lot like herself. “A thermokarst lake is born to promote itself at all...

By Jeff Lund The guy in the camo hat has impressively moved from hunting turkey on a ranch on which he has private access, to elk hunting, without providing the guy with the...

By Ned Rozell In a gorgeous warm May this year, we have not yet sniffed the bitter scent of flaming spruce. When we do, some of us will think back to a year that...

Sometimes I wish I didn’t know. Before I did, it was just the river and they were just salmon. How many days, hours or experience didn’t matter. Plans were based on a whim and...