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Refuge Notebook: When does 'close' become 'too close'?

...a cranky parent trying to wrangle two wild kids, you might feel quite crowded, while in all actuality, capacity on that trail was low. Your expectation was for a quiet, undisturbed hike. Your experience was compromised by somebody else who...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-05-09/refuge-notebook-when-does-close-
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Sterling's Seavey wins Iditarod

...45-plussers are taking back the lead this year. They are showing the young 'uns what they can really do out there on that trail." Zirkle, 43, had hoped to be only the third woman to win the race and the first since Susan Butcher won her fourth...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-12/sterlings-seavey-wins-iditarod
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Skiing still good despite warm weather

...for skate skiing, trail groomer Dale Bakk said. He groomed the 5 kilometers of pool-side trails Wednesday night."That trail is in great shape," he said. "The snow softened up really well and we survived the warmth at the beginning of the...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-01-24/skiing-still-good-despite-warm-weath
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Trails, city manager candidates on agenda

...say along the river, without thinking about how additional traffic is going to behave and without properly designing that trail to limit impact on the river ... then you could have a situation where the riverbank is degraded by increased traffic...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-07-25/trails-city-manager-candidates-on-ag
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Kenai Parks and Rec talks upgrades

...priority. Parks and Recreation Director Bob Frates said that trail was a priority because it connects pieces of the city's...opportunities and the town's livability. She noted that trails through wild areas are also something visitors might...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-01-29/kenai-parks-and-rec-talks-upgrades
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Hugh Neff wins Yukon Quest by 26 seconds

...the final stretch of trail was familiar training ground - an advantage given the close race. "I know every inch of that trail," he said. "Every hill I was going up, every centimeter, I would be running up." Last year, Neff led the Quest...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-02-14/hugh-neff-wins-yukon-quest-by-26-sec
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Watkins takes 10-miler: Kenai Central graduate wins at long distance on 1st try

...places sort of where I'd want to stay strong," she said of the bus ride to Kenai Central. "I just said, 'I know that trail.' "Anybody who runs for Kenai knows that. We run it for every sport. I know where every mile marker is, I know...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/071909/spo_359894721.shtml
What side of the fence?: Comment period on Kasilof dunes fencing project extended

...other issues have entered the discussion during the comment period. Officials said that some commenters were concerned that trails through the dunes may be blocked off by the project. Gease said that the fencing current trails had been discussed...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/080410/new_690723842.shtml
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Competitive mushers changing face of Yukon Quest

...You may use lighter equipment, you may use different strategy in how you run it, but you still have to run over that trail. ''That is the beauty, I think, of the Quest.'' There are 29 mushers competing for a $125,000 purse this year...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/021100/ala_021100ala004.html
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