February isn't what most people consider prime time for bird watching in Alaska, but for Anchorage entertainer and bird enthusiast Mr. Whitekeys, some planning and patience payoff with an array of wildlife viewing opportunities.
The event begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Jewel Lake in Anchorage and runs til 4 p.m. Alaska residents 18 years and older will need a valid fishing license, which can be purchased at the event.
In recent years ADF&G has focused suppression efforts on Alexander Creek, and the incentive program is geared at helping biologists know about the status of pike in Alexander Lake.
Changing sea ice conditions are forcing polar bears to adapt, and new research shows that a growing percentage of polar bears are coming to land and becoming dependent on human provisions for food, while those that stay on the dwindling sea ice to continue natural polar bear behavior may be floating on an ecological trap.
For centuries trapping has been a part of Alaskan subsistence life, and although technology has improved, the heart of trapping continues to be passed on to new generations.
Unlike traditional ice fishing where an angler drops a line down a hole around 10 inches wide, spearing for pike involves cutting an opening about two feet wide so that the sportsman can both see into the lake and drop the spear on a fish.
It's task that serves two important purposes - ensuring that the animal is a legal harvest, and providing valuable information for wildlife management.
The Kenai River and its runs of salmon keep the river crowded through the summer, but come Fall it's a different scene that offers anglers a chance a trophy trout.
Classrooms participating "Salmon in the Classroom" visited the hatchery and students were able to not only learn about the life cycle of salmon, but also collect eggs and milt to begin fertilization.
Mule deer, which are not native to Interior Alaska, are being seen more frequently in recent years and the Department of Fish & Game is asking hunters and other in the public to help the department learn more about the animals.
Everybody in Alaska has their favorite fishing holes, and for folks in Nome that’s Council. On this week’s Outdoor Alaska, Patrick Enslow checks out the Silver Salmon fishing in Western Alaska.
The University of Washington has been documenting data on everything ranging from environmental conditions to daily counts of fish in numerous streams in the Bristol Bay watershed.
The Municipality of Anchorage funds over 225 parks and recreation facilities, in Anchorage. Use this interactive map to view Southcentral Alaska's parks and recreation facilities, far and wide.
