...a few examples from the past two months.In November, just after the first good freeze-up, I poked around on the Old River Channel (think Mendenhall River, maybe a hundred years ago or so). A great blue heron had paced - in vain - along...

...refreshment for humans (and a refectory is a dining hall). How's that for a reflection on refection!Just after the Old River Channel froze over this year, another retired biologist and I found a place where swans had walked around on the ice...

...evidence that a sealed-off Russell Fiord has flooded the drainage in the past, Gubernick said. "You can see all the old river channels," he said. It's highly likely that will happen again if the current trend continues, although the event...

...along the beach. Trumpeter swans were sometimes seen in open water near the outlet of the lake or in the sloughs left by old river channels. Sound off on the important issues at The low water levels expose broad reaches of sand and mud, which are good...

...For some, neither is an option. April Skaaren, the Hope School secretary, has two young sons, including 4-year-old River, her oldest who is set to start kindergarten this fall. Her husband runs a guiding company for sportfishing and backcountry...

...nightmare. A land spit known as Swede Point just slightly in front and north of the Take Glacier is made up of mostly old river silt and some bedrock. I imagine a section of road could be constructed here for up to one mile, most probably requiring...

...nightmare. A land spit known as Swede Point just slightly in front and north of the Take Glacier is made up of mostly old river silt and some bedrock. I imagine a section of road could be constructed here for up to one mile, most probably requiring...