Slip Sliding Away, II| Visitor Access to Rapidly Retreating Mendenhall Glacier Proposed by US Forest Service

<strong><B>Slip Sliding Away, II|<b></strong> <i>Visitor Access to Rapidly Retreating Mendenhall Glacier Proposed by US Forest Service</i>

According to a recent report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Alaska is among the fastest warming regions on Earth. In fact, 2019 was the hottest summer ever recorded in Alaska. I can attest to that as 2019 was

Slip Sliding Away: Addressing receding glaciers is a slippery slope

<strong>Slip Sliding Away:  <brd><strong><strong><i><em>Addressing receding glaciers is a slippery slope</i></em></em>

Needless to say, seeing my first glacier in Juneau, Alaska in 2013 left me in awe and slack-jawed. It is a vivid memory; an imposing valley glacier glistening white with a topaz blue terminus, cradled between craggy, yet majestic, snow-capped

Salmon Arrive, Feeding Frenzy Begins

Salmon Arrive, Feeding Frenzy Begins

The chum and coho salmon are arriving at Salmon Creek and the spawning and feeding frenzy has the usually placid creek boiling and roiling as the salmon navigate the shallows. As noted in the Juneau Empire, “their dorsal fins cutting the surface like those of tiny sharks.” Yes,