Although I am a lover of Fairbanks, I am not particularly in love with mid-October Fairbanks. Fall’s yellow, shimmering leaves are now browning and dissolving underfoot, and my garden is crisped …
Glennallen, AK – The Copper River Valley Regional Planning Organization (CRV-RPO) invites public review and comment on its draft Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The LRTP serves as …
Copper Valley Development Association, in partnership with the Copper River Trails Club, will be conducting maintenance and restoration on multi-use trails throughout the Copper River Valley, with …
October on the Nizina River brings the late run of silver salmon, and with it comes sgulak, the bald eagle. Most of the eagles we see here are young, and I wonder whether they are out exploring a less ideal habitat than the coast. This one is probably in its third year, since its head is pale with a dark line through the eye, its bill and eye are turning yellow, and its brown body is still mottled with white. Bald eagles do not reach full adult plumage until about age five. What I enjoyed most was watching how it handled the fish. It drove the talons of its left foot through the salmon’s head, which left the fish impaled and easy to carry off. In Ahtna: Sgulak, bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus. In Ahtna, sgulak means bald eagle.
Over 26 years ago, my friend Ned Rozell wrote about a startling new deformity seen in Alaska’s black-capped chickadees: “In 1991, a man living in King Salmon noticed three black-capped …
While taking a quick shower before her son’s fourth birthday party on Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami scientist Elena Troshina heard the phone ring. Deciding it was worth jumping out, she picked it up — …
Visitors can once again safely access Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve using a newly established trail reroute. National Park Service employees, with assistance from …
What fits in a school gymnasium, contains the entire universe, and is coming to the Copper River Basin this fall? The University of Alaska Geophysical Institute Portable Planetarium! WISE …
The Copper River School District (CRSD) has filled all open teaching positions for the year. At the regular September board meeting, Superintendent Laville credited Board/Superintendent Executive …
There are two Copper River School District (CRSD) Board of Education (Board) seats open for election this coming fall. Candidates must register to run for either of the seats by August 7. Seat A is …
It's nice to pause and notice the signs of the fall season since last week's equinox, during this short period of equal days and nights. Looking up McCarthy Creek, there is termination dust snow on the peaks. The creek is getting low and clear, as most glacially influenced rivers do during this season. The aspen and cottonwood leaves turn bright yellow while higher elevations are tinged red. In Ahtna benghaan' saeni, pronounced "ben-gon san-nee", means "middle time" for October.
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