August, 2020
Homecoming
08.31.20
We have made it through. Beneath the ceiling of clouds a world that few people will ever see with their own eyes is revealed in dramatic fashion, the Pacific coast of the Alaska Peninsula.
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Seven Species Series: King Salmon (cont’d)
08.24.20
It is hard to express how much physical effort is expended fighting king salmon until you’ve experienced it for yourself. They are stubborn customers, making you fight a give and take game of inches when doing battle with them.
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Seven Species Series: King Salmon (cont’d)
Seven Species Series: King Salmon
08.17.20
King salmon are incredibly powerful fish. Once you’ve hooked one, you’re in for it. Be ready to invest some time, blood and sweat when you cast a line to a pod of holding kings. They will take it all from you and more.
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Seven Species Series: King Salmon
Seven Species Series: Dolly Varden (cont’d)
08.10.20
Before we dive into a conversation discussing the variables in different Dolly Varden populations, let’s resolve to answer an earlier posed question: are Dolly Varden and Arctic Char the same thing? The answer is no, they’re not.
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Seven Species Series: Dolly Varden (cont’d)
Need Your Help to Stop Pebble Mine. Yes, again.
08.04.20
Immediate Action Items 1. Please click here to send a note to the White House and Congress – yes, again – asking them to do all they can to stop Pebble in the permitting process. 2. If you’re a twitter …
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Need Your Help to Stop Pebble Mine. Yes, again.
Seven Species Series: Dolly Varden
08.03.20
Suddenly it burst into a fit of short erratic runs before abruptly stopping again to resume its arrhythmic convulsions. Finally I saw it writhing below us, a brilliant streak of silver flashing in the black tea stained water. It was a Dolly Varden! And it was big.
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Seven Species Series: Dolly Varden