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Salmon love snow; warm temperatures stress them out

...Wildlife Field Office are working together to collect data in streams on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, including Hidden Creek, Swanson River, Nikolai Creek, and Funny River. We use in-stream data loggers and program them to collect a temperature...

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Outdoors
Wildlife

...those who want to stay put while looking for animals. The area is part of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The Hidden Creek area on Skilak Lake Loop Road is particularly good for spotting bears, said John Morton, a refuge biologist. "That's...

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Activities
Skilak recreation area not lacking in opportunities

...Some of the hikes are easy ones, as well. Some, like Hidden Creek Trail, are relatively flat or with only a few hundred...to Mike Schneider of Eagle River, who stayed at the Hidden Creek Campground recently. "I like hiking a lot. I've...

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Around the Peninsula

...Sept. 18 open house at 6 p.m. (bring cookies); * Sept. 27 fifth and sixth grades field trip to Cooper Landing Hidden Creek Trail and Skilak Lake. They will study succession, habitat, mosaic fire and fire-fighting techniques. Redoubt...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/091107/schools_3204.shtml
Time flies when your living, working, playing the Alaska dream

...Fire required evacuation of Hidden Lake Campground during Memorial Day weekend; in late July and early August, the Hidden Creek dipnet fishery required refuge staff to be on duty around the clock for nearly three weeks, and the event was covered...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/112307/outdoors_3405.shtml
Outdoors
Share the refuge with a child; it will open up a brand new world

...journey? and the infinite adventures that a mile of trail provides. Skilak Lookout, Skyline, Bear Mountain, Hidden Creek, Kenai River are just a few of the refuge trails that by virtue of length, degree of difficulty and natural features...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/010507/outdoors_0105out004.shtml
Outdoors
Mountain trail open windows to the wilderness

...push at the end. The climb brings hikers to a rocky knob overlooking Skilak Lake and offers views of the Kenai River, Hidden Creek and Skilak River as well as the Kenai Mountains. On warm summer days the spot is so pleasant it about takes another...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/060103/hik_060103hik001001.shtml
hiking
Bear vs. dog: Encounters continue

...around 8:30 at night, we were about 100 yards from Hidden Creek and walking in the woods with the dog off the leash since we were...also advised others recreating in this area that ?Hidden Creek is a bad place to walk the dog.? Jeff Selinger, area...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/061507/news_0615new001.shtml
News
Summer visitors: Seeing Alaska again for the first time

Pictured in this photo are Hidden Creek and Skilak Lake on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Photo courtesy Bill Kent Editor?s note: This Refuge Notebook article...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/062207/outdoors_0622out003.shtml
Outdoors
From skating to skiing, dogs to sleds, peninsula has it all

...winter routes. The Swan Lake and Swanson River Canoe Trails are popular backcountry snowshoeing destinations. The Hidden Creek, Kenai River and Seven Lakes trails also are great locations to discover the world of winter hiking. For more information...

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