Daily Archives: January 14, 2009
Green light — HEA hydro projects must be eco-friendly for low-impact certification
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories examining possible Homer Electric Association hydroelectric projects near Moose Pass. Next week’s story will focus on previous plans for hydro in the area. By Jenny NeymanRedoubt Reporter If applying … Continue reading
Green light — HEA hydro projects must be eco-friendly for low-impact certification
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories examining possible Homer Electric Association hydroelectric projects near Moose Pass. Next week’s story will focus on previous plans for hydro in the area. By Jenny NeymanRedoubt Reporter If applying … Continue reading
Cleaning up green energy — Low-Impact Hydropower Institute offers incentives to make hydro more eco-friendly
By Jenny NeymanRedoubt Reporter The Low-Impact Hydropower Institute was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1999 to reduce negative impacts of hydroelectric facilities by offering marketing incentives to hydro projects that don’t damage the environment. American Rivers, a nonprofit river … Continue reading
Tall order — Family on the mend after son survives massive aortic aneurism rupture
By Jenny NeymanRedoubt Reporter Three months ago, David Marshall was a pretty typical 23-year-old. He played a lot of video games, hung out with his friends, hoped to pursue a career as an artist, dreamed of having a big house … Continue reading
Filed under Soldotna
Tall order — Family on the mend after son survives massive aortic aneurism rupture
By Jenny NeymanRedoubt Reporter Three months ago, David Marshall was a pretty typical 23-year-old. He played a lot of video games, hung out with his friends, hoped to pursue a career as an artist, dreamed of having a big house … Continue reading
Filed under Soldotna
Record bear kills alarm experts
By Naomi KloudaHomer Tribune Brown bears searching for meals in chicken pens, salmon racks and garbage cans posed a higher number of legal kills last summer, pushing its status as a “species of concern.” Reversing the trend will require cooperation … Continue reading
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Not so fast food — Moose meat was important but often off-limits to early homesteaders
By Clark FairRedoubt Reporter Fresh red meat could be difficult to come by in the late 1940s and early 1950s on the Kenai Peninsula, particularly in the winter. Heavily salted canned meats were available but were far from fresh and … Continue reading
Shooting for her dreams — Skyview graduate merges photography, music industry
Blair Reynolds recently came back to town to wow folks with an impressive photography display at Coffee Roasters on Kalifornsky Beach in December. Her work is extremely high contrast, depicting band and concert events from names like Fall Out Boy … Continue reading
Filed under Art Seen, photography
Musical troubadours wander into Kenai for acoustic show
Redoubt ReporterStaff report Three wandering troubadours will alight in Kenai on Saturday. Easton Stagger Phillips, the acoustic trio of songwriters Tim Easton, of Joshua Tree, Calif., Leeroy Stagger, of Victoria, Canada, and Evan Phillips, of Anchorage, have become companions on … Continue reading
Filed under entertainment
Arts and Entertainment week of Jan. 14
Events: Ongoing The Soldotna Senior Center is looking for artists to display their work in the center’s lobby. Shows are one month long. Artwork must hang on the walls. Call Mary Lane at 262-8839. Artists Without Borders, in the 4D … Continue reading
Filed under calendar, entertainment
Editorial: Arguments over life jackets are all wet
The Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation has a simple request: That commercial sport fishing guides on the Kenai River require their clients to wear class III personal flotation devices. Parks wants to make the requirement one of the stipulations … Continue reading
Filed under Kenai River
Science of the seasons: Many factors affect lake ice formation, thickness
As air temperatures descended this fall, most lakes became covered with a layer of ice. Shallow lakes, with lots of surface area compared to the volume, froze first, and some very shallow lakes or ponds freeze all the way to … Continue reading
Filed under ecology, Kenai River
