I headed down to the Tanana Lakes rec area at lunch today. The last few days have been very warm. We had a warm front move in from the SE the last ...
Old Chatanika gold mines
I headed out to the Chatanika valley North of Fairbanks this morning for a long walk. It snowed yesterday and the roads were very slick. I took it ...
Ice + Plants
I went on a long walk in the middle of the day today. I didn't go far, but I took my time. I was able to do so as I'd gotten to work early and ...
The Beauty of Methane Bubbles in Ice
The temperatures dropped this past week and remained below freezing until today when it warmed up to just above. With the colder temperatures the ...
A little bit of everything
For a day that never got above 30 F I found an amazing number of small insects and spiders and even more incredible, many of them were active. Early ...
Unexplored trails
Over the last few years I've walked the banks of the Chatanika river upstream of the Elliot highway bridge all the way to the Steese highway (about ...
Insects and spiders in the cold
I've been making a last ditch effort to document as many insects and spiders as I can before the snow buries them. I feel I'm trying to make up ...
Bugs on a snowy day
I went for a walk at lunch down to a small park along the river a few blocks from my office. It was a beautiful day, the sun was out and while there ...
Jays love squash
The birch forest we call our front yard. Looking up and out from the front porch at the snow covered trees. It was the first snowy day we've had ...
Bugs in the rain
As I sit here listening to the rain fall on our metal roof this early October day I think of climate change. Today has reminded me a lot of the ...