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On a recent winter's night one of our Refuge biologists out doing owl surveys in the Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area witnessed a convoy of cars heading down the icy road. These visitors...
I awoke this morning and, after a short period of disorientation, a single song lyric popped into my head. "? Mama Mama many worlds I've come since I first left home" from the 1970 Grateful Dead song "Brokedown Palace.
...carries new risks. One project in particular reminded me of Roger's wisdom. The mission was to fly Tim Mullet, a Refuge biologist, to several lakes to set up environmental monitoring equipment. With so much snow, this seemed like a dream mission...
...Edward Berg, Mark Laker, Rick Ernst, Dr. Dawn Magness, Matthew Bowser, Todd Eskelin and Toby Burke. Supervisory refuge biologist John Morton said receiving the award was significant, as it brought acknowledgement of research on the Kenai Peninsula...
...Airport and the airfield on Fort Wainwright, where they pose a hazard to incoming and outgoing aircraft, according to refuge biologist Laurie Boeck with the Department of Fish and Game. Plowing the field speeds up the melting process and provides...
...researcher of loons, discovered how to efficiently capture and mark individual loons. David, Liz Jozwiak (a former refuge biologist) and I were the first to capture and mark loons on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in 1995 as part of David's...
...Asian dust," as well as contaminant sources closer to home in the Cook Inlet basin, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge biologists, working collaboratively with their National Park Service counterparts, launched a study in 2008 to establish baseline...
...population would soon begin to decline in the absence of new fires; this prediction, of course, has played out. Refuge biologists were in the midst of an intensive long-term telemetry study of lynx and the monitoring of snowshoe hare populations...
...Refuge. The Hidden Creek area on Skilak Lake Loop Road is particularly good for spotting bears, said John Morton, a refuge biologist. "That's one of the best places to see sockeye running," Morton said. Birdwatchers can also visit the Skilak...
...Douglasia alaskana), arctic pennycress (Thlaspi arcticum), and dunhead sedge (Carex phaeocephala). In 2007, refuge biologists Ed Berg, Matt Bowser and I visited three nunataks in the Harding Icefield to survey vegetation, arthropods, and...