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Unit 20A moose population estimate drops by almost 2,000
by Tim Mowry / tmowry@newsminer.com
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FAIRBANKS — This year’s moose population estimate in Unit 20A south of Fairbanks is almost 2,000 less than last year, but state wildlife biologists say it’s nothing to worry about. “It’s nothing s...
Skiing your age is enough to make a guy feel old
When Byron Broda passed me like I was standing still during the Fairbanks Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks’ annual Ski Your Age In Kilometers event, I knew it was going to be a long day. That’s no sli...
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Jim Binkley, left, and John Binkley pose with a pair of vintage Rupp snowmobiles similar to the ones they will be racing at vintage races in Ironwood, Mich. this weekend and in the Eagle River, Wis. on Jan. 14-15. John Binkley won the World Series of Snowmobiling at Ironwood in 1972 riding a 440 Rupp Magnum similar to the one he s shown with. / Tim Mowry/News-Miner
40 years after hanging up their helmets, the Binkley brothers return to Lower 48 for snowmachine races
FAIRBANKS — When brothers John and Jim Binkley made their first trip to the Lower 48 to race snowmachines in the fall of 1971, they built a custom-made covered trailer to haul their snowmachines an...
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Occupy the kids during the holidays
FAIRBANKS — If you’re looking for productive ways to occupy your kids’ time during the Christmas break, check out a nature club Friends of Creamer’s Field will be hosting for kids ages 8 to 10-year...
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ADF&G; to close one of eight antlerless moose hunts in Unit 20A: Zone 4B closes on Friday
FAIRBANKS — One of eight areas open to antlerless moose hunting in unit 20A will close at midnight Friday. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing the registration antlerless hunt in Zon...
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Reality TV show pits Outside hunters vs. the wilds of Alaska
FAIRBANKS — I’m not a big fan of reality shows — or any TV, for that matter — but I have to admit I am intrigued by “Dropped: Project Alaska,” a show about two brothers from Michigan who are droppe...
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Odd Duck: Ring-necked pheasant is biggest surprise of Christmas Bird Count
FAIRBANKS — To count it or not to count it, that is the question surrounding the ring-necked pheasant that was seen Saturday during the 51st annual Fairbanks Christmas Bird Count. The pheasant was...
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In this Dec. 7, 2011, photo, Bill Parham talks about the tiny beetles he uses to clean wild animal bones for clients in his shop in Sterling, Alaska. He has various enclosures for the tiny workers, ranging from small containers to old freezers and this wood box. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, M. Scott Moon)
Alaska man finds passion in art of skulls
KENAI, Alaska - The scene is a staple of many western movies. Spurs rattle in the distance as a cowboy dismounts his horse. The camera pans around the dry sand and mud. A steer's skull and horns...
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Ice houses ready for rent on Interior Alaska lakes
FAIRBANKS — Ice fishing houses are now available for rent at Chena Lake and they should be ready to rent at Quartz and Birch lakes starting tomorrow. The borough Parks and Recreation Department pu...
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Harvest rises in Fortymile caribou hunt
FAIRBANKS — The harvest for the winter Fortymile caribou hunt was up to 90 as of Tuesday morning. There were 60 caribou reported taken in Zone 1 off the Steese Highway and Chena Hot Springs Road a...
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Harvest quota reduced for unit 20A antlerless moose hunt
FAIRBANKS — The harvest quota for an antlerless moose hunt currently underway in Game Management Unit 20A has been reduced, based on results from moose surveys completed last month, the Alaska Depa...
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Fortymile caribou hunters successful
FAIRBANKS - Even with hunting near the Steese Highway closed, hunters appear to be having success in the winter Fortymile caribou hunt. As of Wednesday morning, the reported harvest was 56 caribou...
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Fairbanks birders hit woods, trails for Christmas bird count
FAIRBANKS — Even though he knows he could probably sit at home and see as many birds, or at least species of birds, that he does tromping around in the woods, Brian Lawhead still gets up off the co...
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The new Lower Angel Creek Cabin in the Chena River State Recreation Area, shown Dec. 1, 2011, is just about complete and will be available for rent beginning on Dec. 15, though reservations can now be made online or at the Department of Natural Resource s public information center on University Avenue. The new 20-foot-by-24-foot cabin replaces an old 12-by-14 cabin that burned down in February. / Tim Mowry/News-Miner
Fort Greely firefighters help the Lower Angel Creek Cabin rise from the ashes
FAIRBANKS — Call it an ironic case of divine intervention. The fact that Lower Angel Creek Cabin, a backcountry cabin in the Chena River State Recreation Area east of Fairbanks, burned to the grou...
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Patti Kiernan, left, trains with Derrick Wilkerson of North Pole and his dog, Haylee, at her kennel in Southern California. Haylee spends winters training in California with Kiernan and summers in Alaska training and ducking hunting with Wilkerson. / Photo by Bill Cox
North Pole trainer, retriever fare well in National Open Retriever Championship
FAIRBANKS — At just 49 pounds — and that’s soaking wet — Haylee is small for a Labrador retriever. But that didn’t stop the little black Lab and her owner, Derrick Wilkerson of North Pole, from go...
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Changes proposed for 2012 Fortymile caribou harvest
FAIRBANKS — The Fortymile Caribou Herd is expanding its range and state game managers are trying to accommodate the growing herd by tweaking the harvest plan over the next six years. To that end, ...
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