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Former Bethel police officer charged with DUI

...assistance from another officer. The officer had contacted 24-year-old Sam Alexie Jr. in a neighborhood near Brown's Slough. Bethel police said Alexie was intoxicated and pointed a rifle at the other officer, who fired at Alexie and killed him...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-10/former-bethel-police-officer-charged-du
State
Time for beauty in a busy world

...shoulder of Mount Juneau leans out toward the pale blue morning sky. Off to my right, hints of spring greenery rise along the sloughs that gracefully cut ribbons through the wetlands. The short drive from the valley to downtown is one of the most beautiful...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051309/opi_439300462.shtml
On the Trails: High tides and swimming voles

...streams and lakes. But those that live in salt marshes and tidal sloughs face a special hazard. A big high tide floods their living...histories of the long-tailed voles living in the salt marshes and sloughs with those from other habitats.A big question, in my mind...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-12-07/trails-high-tides-and-swimming-voles
Outdoors
Photo: Immature totem

A young bald eagle perches atop a piling near Auk Nu Slough in Auke Bay.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051108/out_277852884.shtml
Invasive pike thriving on salmon, other species

...sections of the Deshka where the water is deep and relatively fast-moving. Spawning and rearing habitat for pike is primarily sloughs in the lower section.Alexander Creek is the opposite with far more of the slow water that pike prefer."There's no place...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-25/invasive-pike-thriving-salmon-other-spe
State
The swans have returned to Southeast Alaska

...announcing, "The swans are back." The Blind Slough/Blind River drainage is about 20 minutes...the winter population. A visitor to the slough would likely observe 20 to 30 swans during...Crystal Lake Hatchery adjacent to the Blind Slough Recreation Area at Mile 18 provides excellent...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/111702/out_swans.shtml
Outdoors
Construction underway at Chena River State Recreation Area

...replacing park furniture, installing a stairway at the start of the Granite Tors Trail, paving an apron at the Flat Creek Slough Boat launch, and building several orientation kiosks. The contractor for the work is Cornerstone Equipment.During the construction...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-08-10/construction-underway-chena-river-st
Outdoors
My turn: Is an operating mine needed to clean up the Tulsequah Chief site?

...Tulsequah River, the main tributary to the Taku River, upriver of prime salmon spawning and rearing habitat, including Flannigan Slough. When metal prices dropped Cominco abandoned the site without undertaking any decommissioning or pollution control. As the...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-08-20/operating-mine-needed-clean-tulsequah
Opinion
Lots of natural history going on in wetlands

...know where to start the telling. But let's start with the sloughs on the "outboard" side of the dike trail. These are nursery...little pink shells, suggesting intense foraging activity. The sloughs and the deeper ponds on the "inboard" side of the dike trail...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/120405/out_20051204002.shtml
Outdoors
Season's wildlife shows itself at Mendenhall Lake Mary Willson On the Trails

...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...live in streams, and they may have been washed out of the sloughs by high rains. One kind of caddisfly is reported to migrate...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/121607/out_20071216032.shtml
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