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NOAA Fisheries Proposes Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in U.S. Arctic
A bearded seal rests on ice in the Bering Sea. NOAA/Cameron
NOAA Fisheries is proposing to designate critical habitat in U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska for Arctic ringed seals and the Beringia distinct...
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On The Trails: In the court of the golden-crowned kinglet
Golden-crowned kinglets have appeared in these essays several times, but never as the main feature. So I decided to devote most of one essay to these tiny birds. I was prompted to do so...
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Sustainable Alaska: Building resilience on a restless Earth
By Sonia Nagorski
For the Juneau Empire
A recent study linked the fall of the Roman Republic in 43 AD to the eruption of one of Alaska’s Aleutian volcanoes. The fallout from Okmok volcano circled the...
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Ocean-Going Robots Effective at Surveying Pollock
This may be the first time data collected using uncrewed surface vehicles were used to help produce an annual estimate of abundance for a commercial fish stock.
Every other year, NOAA Fisheries conducts an acoustic-trawl...
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A Chickadee’s Midwinter Roosting Place
A black-capped chickadee on a cold Alaska day. Photo by Jim DeWitt
During the darkest days of Alaska’s winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights. Where the...
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On The Trails: Wandering woodpeckers and active arthropods
By Mary F. Willson
For the Juneau Empire
A female hairy woodpecker visits my suet feeder regularly, and I’d bet any money that she is the same one that came all summer long, as a juvenile,...
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Focal Point: How to nail low-light photos
By Heather Holt
For the Juneau Empire
Southeast Alaska weather observations for the week — showers, rain showers then snow showers, then scattered showers, cloudy, mostly cloudy, partly cloudy — you get the gist. Living in...
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On The Trails: Early winter walks
By Mary F. Willson
A visit to the lower reaches of the Herbert and Eagle rivers usually turns up something of interest.
A recent warm spell meant that looking for critter tracks in snow would be...