Monthly Archives: July 2009
Dyeing to count — Fish and Game tests new way to estimate smolt numbers
Patrice Kohl Redoubt Reporter While many Americans mark spring by dyeing chicken eggs, Bill Glick marks spring by dyeing sockeye salmon smolt. Each spring, Glick, an Alaska Department of Fish and Game fish biologist, captures a few thousand Kenai River … Continue reading
Kenai River on the rise — Dammed lake behind Skilak Glacier lets loose
Patrice Kohl Redoubt Reporter Last week, Jim Coe witnessed signs of a phenomenon that he wouldn’t usually expect to occur until after the blueberries had fully ripened and hares had begun to grow white coats. U.S. Geological Survey hydrographs charting … Continue reading
Filed under ecology, glaciers, Kenai River
Talk about technology… Web site out to preserve, spread area’s Native dialect
Patrice Kohl Redoubt Reporter People have spoken Dena’ina on the Kenai Peninsula longer than any other language, but the chances of hearing anyone speak Dena’ina on the peninsula today are slim to none. Fewer than 50 Dena’ina speakers remain, and … Continue reading
Filed under computers, history, Native, technology
Good as gold — Chilkoot Trail sparkles for modern stampeders
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, 2009 — The view looking back from the summit of the Chilkoot Pass is one of accomplishment. Rimmed by glacier-strewn mountain tops, the rapidly descending trail used in the Klondike … Continue reading
Filed under Alaska, history, outdoors, recreation
Banding together — Family joins forces to bring David Allan Coe concert to town
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter Dean Norris has elevated diehard fan status to a new level. He grew up listening to “good-old country music,” he said — Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and David Allan Coe. “All those guys … Continue reading
Filed under business, entertainment, music
Science of the Seasons: No need to crane for a look at this super fly
By Dr. David Wartinbee, for the Redoubt Reporter Buzzing and bouncing on the side of the house, under your eaves and above the grass lurks a creature that must be the super ninja version and the biggest mosquito you have … Continue reading
Filed under ecology, insects, science, science of the seasons
Hooked on Alaska: On the bite away from the crowds
By Mark Conway, for the Redoubt Reporter Freshwater fishing on the Kenai Peninsula has about as many opportunities for different fish to fish for as it has different areas to fish. Being on the Kenai Peninsula for the past 15 … Continue reading
Filed under fishing, outdoors, recreation
Almanac: Driven to leave their mark — Homesteaders put their stamp on peninsula’s roadways
Editor’s note: This is part two of a history of some of the road names on the central Kenai Peninsula. Part one, published last week, covered roads off the Sterling Highway from Three Johns Street at Mile 76 to Echo … Continue reading
Filed under Almanac, history, homesteaders
Plugged In: Balanced exposure, contrast not a gray area
By Joseph Kashi, for the Redoubt Reporter Last week, we discussed why the Zone System is the classic approach to making exhibition-grade photographic prints and why its use with film required a degree of technical knowledge and personal discipline that … Continue reading
Filed under photography, Plugged in
Hot dogs, Jesus on the side — Dipnetters get free food, Bibles from Baptist missionaries
Patrice Kohl Redoubt Reporter Vladimir Netsvetayev, of Wasilla, arrived at the mouth of the Kenai River on Friday morning determined to dipnet enough sockeye salmon to feed his big family with plenty of fish for the year. But dipnetting made … Continue reading
Sickeningly familiar — Mother relives pain of daughter lost to cancer as youngest child falls ill from brain condition
By Jenny Neyman Redoubt Reporter In a faint twinkle of light, Marcia Jacobs felt the full magnitude of motherhood, in all its unfathomable depth and intricacy, just five weeks into her pregnancy with Emily. That’s how soon her doctor could … Continue reading
Filed under community, fundraiser
Kenai River users get a say — Study seeks information about activities, problems on the Kenai
Patrice Kohl Redoubt Reporter Come summer, the Kenai River becomes a recreational circus. King salmon fishermen clog the river with drift boats, motorboats and guided boats, sockeye salmon fishermen crowd the river’s banks and dipnetters flock to the river’s mouth. … Continue reading
Filed under outdoors, recreation
