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