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Late thaw makes weir installation a challenge

...Gates and Biological Science Technicians Jim Boersma and Lisa Schomaker scouted the Killey's conditions high in the Kenai Mountains to determine a plan of action. Given this year's late winter conditions, it came as no surprise to the crew that...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-05-23/late-thaw-makes-weir-installatio
Outdoors
Fish and Game: Some Peninsula game stocks thriving, others declining

...covers the Peninsula west from the Kenai Mountains and is divided into three areas...units 15A, 15B and unit 7 - the Kenai Mountains east including Cooper Landing...has four caribou herds - the Kenai Mountain, Killey River, Fox River and...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-19/fish-and-game-some-peninsula-game-st
News
Public asks Board of game for greater predator harvest opportunity

...all areas south of Tustumena Lake and west of the Kenai Mountains. "I watch people all the time question their numbers...The changes affect units 7 and 15. Unit 7 spans the Kenai Mountains east, including Cooper Landing and Hope. This story...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-21/the-people-speak
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Melissa Mobley invits you to her Truuli Escape Day Spa for a unique relaxing experience

...possible quality in services and products," she added. Near Cooper Landing Mt. Truuli is the highest peak of the Kenai Mountains with a 6,348 ft. summit, "We wanted a symbolically local name that would be unique but would also be a play on...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/dispatch/2013-03-11-0
Dispatch
Numbers say 15A moose population low, browse-creating fires not a solution, KNWR says

...Game and the census's lead investigator. In unit 15C, which covers all areas south of Tustumena Lake and west of Kenai Mountains, biologists counted 3,200 moose, up from the 2010 census's 2,642 to 3,196 moose, McDonough said. While...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-14/no-easy-remedy
News
Brown bear hunt liberalized

...taken under a registration permit every regulatory year for residents and non-residents. Unit 7 spans from the Kenai Mountains east including Cooper Landing and Hope; Unit 15, the rest of the Peninsula. In past years, Fish and Game has restricted...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-20/brown-bear-hunt-liberalized
News
American dippers - the toughest bird on the Kenai

I tried one last time in mid-December to fill my caribou harvest permit from the Kenai Mountain herd. After post-holing on snowshoes for the better part of two days, it took my buddy and I all of 15 minutes of glassing...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-01-03/american-dippers-the-toughest-bi
Outdoors
Refuge notebook: Patrolling the backcountry by horse

...called Lookout Camp, an area long used by horse packers. It was beautiful. A glance to the north gave views of the Kenai Mountains and Skilak Lake and, to the east, a view of the Funny River headwaters. During that first crisp fall morning we...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-02-07/refuge-notebook-patrolling-the-b
Outdoors
Paving paradise? Effects of the urban interface on wildlife

...beetle-killed spruce amidst Calamagrostis grasslands in the Caribou Hills, and finally Sheep Creek as it flows out of the Kenai Mountains. So what's the big deal? This urbanizing landscape along the Refuge boundary greatly increases the likelihood...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-01-24/paving-paradise-effects-of-the-u
Outdoors
Refuge notebook: Detecting insect damage by satellite

...affected (680,000 acres) of all years. In 2012, there appeared to be large areas affected by defoliators in the Kenai Mountains, in the hills above Homer, and on the south side of Kachemak Bay. I do not know why 2012 was such a big year for...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-02-14/refuge-notebook-detecting-insect
Outdoors

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