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This photograph of a grizzly bear missing its right front paw was taken last summer near the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve. The bear reappeared in the same area a few weeks ago. / Photo courtesy of National Park Service
This photograph of a grizzly bear missing its right front paw was taken last summer near the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve. The bear reappeared in the same area a few weeks ago. / Photo courtesy of National Park Service
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"Tripawed" grizzly makes return appearance at Denali Park
by Tim Mowry/tmowry@newsminer.com
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FAIRBANKS — A three-pawed grizzly bear that turned up in Denali National Park and Preserve last summer with a bloody stump for a right, front foot is back, just in time for the start of the tourist...
Migration switch has been flipped on for birds to Interior Alaska
FAIRBANKS — Hold on to your binoculars and spotting scope, this will be a long birding report as there are lots of new things to report this week. Last week’s cold spell has given way to warmer tem...
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Tim Mowry/News-Miner A rock cairn marks the snow-covered trail between Angel Rocks and Chena Hot Springs.
Spring Angel Rock hike is both invigorating, desolate
FAIRBANKS — If there was snow down here, what was it going to be like up there? That’s the thought that went through my mind as we started up the Angel Rocks Trail last weekend in the Chena River ...
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Chitina dip netting slated to open June 7
FAIRBANKS — The tentative opening for the Copper River personal-use dip net fishery at Chitina is June 7, though that could change depending on daily sonar counts at Miles Lake. According to a pre...
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Cold weather puts brakes on spring bird migration
FAIRBANKS — The lovely weather during the latter half of April had most of us excited — it seemed migration for most species was early this year. While many migrants returned to the Tanana Valley...
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Photo by Skip Ambrose An American peregrine falcon soars above the upper Yukon River, home to one of the densest and most studied peregrine populations in North America. More than 50 pairs of peregrine falcons nest in cliffs and rock outcroppings along the 160-mile stretch of the river between Circle and Eagle.
Passion for Peregrines: Ambrose keeps count of falcons on upper Yukon River
FAIRBANKS — Though he lives in Utah, Skip Ambrose keeps close track of how breakup is progressing on the Yukon River near Circle each spring. That’s how he knows when he can start counting his pere...
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Fresh grizzly tracks gives skiers a scare
FAIRBANKS — Fourteen-year-old Joe Bue didn’t know what to think when he spotted fresh grizzly bear tracks on the trail last weekend. He knew the tracks hadn’t been there a few hours earlier when he...
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ADF&G to issue surplus drawing permits on May 1
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will be issuing surplus drawing permits for several moose hunts in the Interior on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8 a.m. on May 1. ...
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Fairbanks resident Leonard Thiltgen snapped this picture of a white redpoll, right, last week at his feeder on Bridgewater Drive. / Photo by Leonard Thiltgen
White redpoll catches eye of Fairbanks birder
FAIRBANKS — Leonard Thiltgen was in the kitchen of his Bridgewater Drive home looking out over Noyes Slough one day last week when he saw a bird he’d never seen before at one of his three feeders. ...
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Geese still rule migration roost, but songbirds making presence heard
FAIRBANKS — It’s already feeling like summer around here — the upcoming forecast predicts highs of 65 degrees and overnight lows in the 40s. The constant sunny skies have practically eradicated the...
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Alex Clarke, back, and News-Miner outdoors editor Tim Mowry enjoy a soak at Tolovana Hot Springs on April 14. / Tim Mowryl/News-Miner
Trek to Tolovana: It’s not easy getting there on skis, but it’s worth it
FAIRBANKS — Sitting in the hot tub, I listened to the trees creaking in the wind. The trees were dead, killed in a wildfire 10 years ago, but they sounded alive, swaying and creaking in the wind, ...
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The first grizzly bear is spotted April 17 in Polychrome Pass at Denali National Park.
Season’s first grizzly bear sighted at Denali park
FAIRBANKS — The first grizzly bear of the season was spotted in Denali National Park and Preserve Tuesday on Polychrome Pass. Workers clearing Denali Park Road reported the bear near 45 Mile of th...
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Ted Nugent agrees to plead guilty in illegal Alaska bear hunt
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Rocker and wildlife hunter Ted Nugent has agreed to plead guilty to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in southeast Alaska. Nugent made the admission in signing a pl...
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Photo by Sheri Merdes Sheri Merdes of Fairbanks snapped this picture of a great gray owl in her yard in February. Great gray owls, as well as boreal and great-horned owls, have been hooting up a storm as the spring mating season heats up.
Return of migratory birds means spring has sprung in Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS - After a tough, long winter, the warm afternoon air, in combination with almost 16 hours of daylight, make for great conditions for humans and birds alike. With temperatures at 60 degr...
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Dennis Musgraves, left, and Ron Ely fish for lake trout at Harding Lake on the April 6. The two anglers from North Pole have had good success catching and releasing lake trout in the lake 45 miles south of Fairbanks and say spring is the best time to catch them. / Tim Mowry photos/News-Miner
Ice fishing at Harding Lake: Going for the big ones
FAIRBANKS — When you go ice fishing with Ron Ely and Dennis Musgraves, you don’t mess around. If you’re late for their 7:30 a.m. departure time, they will leave without you. They are not the kind ...
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Alaska State Troopers say many failed to report moose hunts
BETHEL, Alaska - Alaska state wildlife troopers say nearly 200 moose hunters with permits to participate in the Lower Kuskokwim hunt last fall have failed to report whether they caught moose or not...
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