Devil’s Club — Cukilanarpak Cukilanarpat tak’ut. – The devil’s club are tall. Hikers in Alaska’s coastal forests are familiar with devil’s club, known by its appropriate Latin name Echinopanax horridum. This spiny member of the ginseng family can grow up to ten feet tall and flourishes in wet ravines under the spruce canopy. It has broad […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to mile 113 of the Glenn Highway on Friday morning after a report of a rollover to find the driver deceased as a result of the crash according to trooper dispatch. AST officers responded to the location near Sheep Mountain where they partially closed the highway and opened an investigation that […]
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have discovered a thriving ecosystem among the decomposing seaweed debris that covers many Alaska beaches, including nearly 100 different types of invertebrates found in surveys at a handful of sites on the Kenai Peninsula. It’s the first Alaska-based survey of the marine algae that washes up on beaches, known as […]
Initial choices about fertilization and grass seeding could have a long-lasting effect on how plants and their associated microbes break down pollution in petroleum-contaminated soils, a research team led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks professor recently reported. Microbiology professor Mary Beth Leigh and the team found that planting grasses or adding fertilizer, or a combination of […]