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This Aug. 5, 2013 photo shows artichokes on a beachfront near Clinton, Wash. Globe artichokes have much to contribute in home gardens, from providing thin layers of leathery leaves for delectable dining to serving as flowery backdrops in border settings. Pollinators, like the bees shown here, like their purple thistle-like blossoms, too. (Dean Fosdick via AP)

More than edibles, artichokes can be ornamentals

Globe artichokes have much to contribute to home gardens, from providing thin layers of leathery leaves for delectable dining to serving as flowery backdrops in… Continue reading

This Aug. 5, 2013 photo shows artichokes on a beachfront near Clinton, Wash. Globe artichokes have much to contribute in home gardens, from providing thin layers of leathery leaves for delectable dining to serving as flowery backdrops in border settings. Pollinators, like the bees shown here, like their purple thistle-like blossoms, too. (Dean Fosdick via AP)
Brown bears help transport the nutrients acquired in the ocean by salmon to the terrestrial system where it can have cascading effects on riparian vegetation and even bird communities. The average female brown bear on the Kenai Peninsula deposits 80 pounds of marine-derived nitrogen in the terrestrial ecosystem each year (Photo by Berkley Bedell).

Refuge Notebook: With marine-derived nutrients, what goes around comes around

As early runs of king and sockeye return to streams of the Kenai Peninsula, they bring more than the roe and milt that brings about… Continue reading

Brown bears help transport the nutrients acquired in the ocean by salmon to the terrestrial system where it can have cascading effects on riparian vegetation and even bird communities. The average female brown bear on the Kenai Peninsula deposits 80 pounds of marine-derived nitrogen in the terrestrial ecosystem each year (Photo by Berkley Bedell).

An Outdoor View: On freezing fish

In the 40-some years I’ve been freezing fish, I’ve learned a lot of things, and some were learned the hard way. Here’s some of what… Continue reading

This undated photo taken in New Paltz, N.Y., shows blue delphinium spires, in background, nestled in amongst blue bachelor buttons, and even a blue-handled faucet in the foreground. (Lee Reich via AP)

Delphiniums are a worthwhile challenge

My delphiniums are now in all their stately glory, the 5-foot, blue spires reaching for the sky as they guard the gate to my vegetable… Continue reading

This undated photo taken in New Paltz, N.Y., shows blue delphinium spires, in background, nestled in amongst blue bachelor buttons, and even a blue-handled faucet in the foreground. (Lee Reich via AP)

Voices of Faith: The Lord gives and the Lord takes away

I once worked as a car salesman for a season before I moved to Alaska 23 years ago. The Lord Jesus had a powerful, profound… Continue reading

Foam on the water a sign of life, death

While sitting in the front of a canoe on a twisty Alaska creek, my daughter asked to steer closer to the riverbank. She wanted to… Continue reading

An Outdoor View: The sailor’s walk

This column first appeared in the Clarion on March 31, 2006.The “sailor’s walk,” best described as sort of a lurching swagger, is an interesting phenomenon.… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this June 2, 2016 photo, Hazel Loerch rests on the beach at Cama Beach State Park, buried under the excellent rocks. (Jessi Loerch/The Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Adventures with Hazel: Hiking with kids is its own kind of epic

CAMANO, Wash. (AP) — I like to hike. No, I love to hike. Or, to say it another way, hiking is the only thing I’ll… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this June 2, 2016 photo, Hazel Loerch rests on the beach at Cama Beach State Park, buried under the excellent rocks. (Jessi Loerch/The Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
This spider photographed on Sept. 11, 2015, while spinning a web in a Langley, Wash., yard, is one of the gardeners best tools for biological pest control. Spiders also are also one of the few pest predators that don't eat plants. (Dean Fosdick via AP)

Spiders are among most effective predators of plant pests

Although many people have a built-in aversion to them, spiders rank as one of the gardener’s best tools for biological pest control.They also are one… Continue reading

This spider photographed on Sept. 11, 2015, while spinning a web in a Langley, Wash., yard, is one of the gardeners best tools for biological pest control. Spiders also are also one of the few pest predators that don't eat plants. (Dean Fosdick via AP)
A cat posing with its trophy, an Orange-crowned Warbler. (Photo by Todd Eskelin, USFWS)

Refuge Notebook: Pets have big impact on bird populations

The debate over whether cats should be confined indoors or allowed to roam outside is one that affects many people personally. Often it comes down… Continue reading

A cat posing with its trophy, an Orange-crowned Warbler. (Photo by Todd Eskelin, USFWS)

An Outdoor View: Respect for king salmon

On June 4, the Department of Fish and Game opened the Kenai River to fishing for king salmon, but with one catch: It’s OK to… Continue reading

Caleb Rauch followed by Jacob Davis roasting a freshly groomed section of trail. (Photo by Derek Reynolds)

Singletrack minds: Homer Cycling Club celebrates trails day with work session

The Homer Cycling Club rounded up workers to help improve the singletrack mountain bike trail in the Diamond Creek area for Trails Day on Sunday,… Continue reading

Caleb Rauch followed by Jacob Davis roasting a freshly groomed section of trail. (Photo by Derek Reynolds)
ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MAY 21-22 - In this photo taken May, 6, 2016, Jax, a 1-year-old Karelian bear dog rides with his handler, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department officer Keith Kirsch in Spokane, Wash. Washington Fish and Wildlife Department officers use Karelian bear dogs to scare bears in hopes that they will avoid human activity in the future. (Rich Landers/The Spokesman-Review via AP) COEUR D'ALENE PRESS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Working like a dog: Karelian bear dogs help wildlife officers

SPOKANE, Wash — Barking at bears, romping through the forest, sniffing for poaching evidence, getting petted by a child and maybe cooling off with a… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, MAY 21-22 - In this photo taken May, 6, 2016, Jax, a 1-year-old Karelian bear dog rides with his handler, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department officer Keith Kirsch in Spokane, Wash. Washington Fish and Wildlife Department officers use Karelian bear dogs to scare bears in hopes that they will avoid human activity in the future. (Rich Landers/The Spokesman-Review via AP) COEUR D'ALENE PRESS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

An Outdoor View: Habitat woes

Author’s note: This column first appeared in the Clarion in 1993. Biologist Terry Bendock is now retired, but the issues he pointed out when I… Continue reading

Kenai National Wildlife starts summer program.

Kenai National Wildlife starts summer program.

On Saturday, June 4, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge kicks off our summer programs with a very special program. At 11 AM, cinematographers Kennan and… Continue reading

Kenai National Wildlife starts summer program.

Proposals to change fishing regulations

Having spent a day this week reading through proposals to change fishing regulations, I can say with some authority that some of them definitely will… Continue reading

Jars of pickled fiddlehead fern (left) and fireweed are displayed at a Kenaitze Tribe edible plant workshop on Wed. May 18 at the Dena'ina Wellness Center in Kenai. In traditional Dena'ina culture, fiddleheads were eaten raw, boiled, or roasted as a source of vitamin C. Fireweed sprouts were eaten in the spring.

Local native plants have vitamins, nutrients to make a body healthy

Spring is a good time to start eating plants, according to Dena’ina Wellness Center traditional healer Estelle Thomson. “All the things that are in those… Continue reading

Jars of pickled fiddlehead fern (left) and fireweed are displayed at a Kenaitze Tribe edible plant workshop on Wed. May 18 at the Dena'ina Wellness Center in Kenai. In traditional Dena'ina culture, fiddleheads were eaten raw, boiled, or roasted as a source of vitamin C. Fireweed sprouts were eaten in the spring.
Participants in a class to train weed-free forage and gravel inspectors conduct a mock inspection of a Soldotna gravel pit on May 6. (Photo by Heidi Chay)

Refuge Notebook: Smarter management of invasive plants with weed-free gravel

Last autumn, as I strolled through downtown Anchorage to meet a friend at Snow City Cafe, I gazed downward, in constant scrutiny of the flora… Continue reading

Participants in a class to train weed-free forage and gravel inspectors conduct a mock inspection of a Soldotna gravel pit on May 6. (Photo by Heidi Chay)

An Outdoor View: On running

At the First Annual Running of the Goats, recently held in Coventry, Kentucky, six of the devious critters went rogue, veering from the run’s planned… Continue reading

Lindy McNeilus is the new Fire Prevention and Mitigation Specialist at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge Notebook: A new helper for Smokey Bear on the refuge

It was a warm, windy day in southern New Mexico in the 1940s when a small bear cub was rescued from a wildfire. With burned… Continue reading

Lindy McNeilus is the new Fire Prevention and Mitigation Specialist at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
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