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Alaska Beavers Entertain Web Cam Viewers Around the World

July 05, 2016 Teresa Haugh, U.S. Forest Service

Two beavers sleep peacefully in their den on Steep Creek in Juneau, Alaska, never realizing they are being watched via a hidden infrared camera. Hundreds of viewers tune-in to a live video feed on the U.S. Forest Service YouTube Channel throughout the day to see the beavers come and go, breathing...

Forestry

Catch a Wild Alaskan Sockeye: Watch Live Stream as the Annual Homecoming Begins

July 30, 2015 Teresa Haugh, Alaska Region, and Jane Knowlton, Washington Office, U.S. Forest Service

An easy nine miles from the city of Juneau, a portion of a small non-glacial tributary creek nestled among alder, cottonwood and beds of dense, lush moss and understory vegetation is again sharing its ancient story of birth, death and renewal: sockeye and coho salmon are swimming home to spawn. Yet...

Forestry

Tlingit Master Carver Restores a 74-year-old Totem in Alaska

March 23, 2015 Gregory "Kent" Cummins, Tongass National Forest, U.S. Forest Service

In a small U.S. Forest Service workshop in Juneau, Alaska, a skilled Alaska Native artist is meticulously bringing a traditional artifact back to life. Tlingit Master Carver Wayne Price of Haines has begun the process of restoring the totem, which has overlooked the Auke Recreation Area near Juneau...

Forestry

Annual Salmon Migration Continues in Steep Creek on Alaska's Tongass National Forest

August 27, 2014 Teresa Haugh, Alaska Region, U.S. Forest Service

Since the second week in July, locals and visitors alike have congregated on the viewing platforms above Steep Creek near the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in Juneau, Alaska to enjoy the sockeye salmon migration. From mid-July through the end of August, the sockeye salmon enter the creek to dig...

Forestry

From Special Training Program to Full-Time Forester in Mississippi

August 10, 2012 Nicole Hawk, Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area and Jane Knowlton, U.S. Forest Service Washington Office

Christina Harper, a new forester on the Bienville National Forest in Mississippi, has travelled a busy road from a special student training program to a full-time U.S. Forest Service employee. Harper graduated from the Student Career Experience Program, which provides work experience directly...

Forestry
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