If you can’t visit the Stikine River soon, experience it through Bonnie Demerjian’s book Roll On! Discovering the Wild Stikine River about the great river. Alaska and Canada’s Stikine River is one of the great trans-boundary rivers found threading its way through the coastal mountains of Southeastern Alaska and British Columbia. A friend of mine, […]
The Second Columbia Glacier Iceberg Moni...
Icebergs calving from Columbia Glacier and drifting into the vessel traffic lanes frequented by oil tankers transiting Prince William Sound has long been a subject of interest to the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council (Council) and especially its Port Operations and Vessel Traffic System (POVTS) Committee. Historically, the Council was participated in pioneering […]
A Greener Arctic Forecast for Mid-Centur...
A greener arctic forecast suggests the Arctic will see the effects of climate change at a much faster rate than the more temperate regions in the lower portion of the United States. Rising temperatures will eventually lead to a massive greening of the Arctic by mid-century. Marked increases in plant cover are being forecast by […]
The International Stikine River: A Truly...
The watercourse running from the Spatsizi Plateau to the Pacific Ocean is a territory of superlatives, yet known simply as the Stikine River. Naturist John Muir’s initial trip up the river changed his life. He noted 300 glaciers along its shores. Details are in his book Travels in Alaska. Muir says of the Stikine, it’s […]
Wrangell Island Alaska
Wrangell Island Alaska is a community steeped in rich history, home to people for thousands of years. It is an island community in southern Southeast Alaska that has experienced the boom and bust resource development process so prevalent in Alaska’s past. Wrangell Island, strategically overlooking the mouth of the Stikine River, has been governed by […]
Alaska’s Mushrooms – A Practical Guide
Alaska is a land of many diverse geographic regions and could easily be divided into a number of equally distinct states. Trying to identify to seemingly endless varieties of wild mushrooms found in Alaska, the Yukon and northern British Columbia generates the for several field guides on the subject. One handy reference that might be […]