See more pictures of Alaska. Carr Clifton/Minden Pictures/Getty Images Water lilies, turtles, frogs, ducks, snakes, dragonflies, minnows, herons, sticky black muck, monsters, the body of Jimmy Hoffa. What do these things have in common? Wetlands. A wetland is an area between dry land ...
An acre in farming refers to a piece of land that is one furlong or 660 feet long and one chain or 66 feet wide. One square mile of land equals 640 acres. Of course, the amount of land this referred to would vary depending on how hard the man was willing to work and how easy th...
I don’t know if you can call our property a “farm.” Wedohave an acre of land in Arizona. Wedoprovide a lot of our own food and we do have lots of poop. Er, animal poop that is. I guess that pretty much qualifies as a farm, wouldn’t you agree? How many animals do we ha...
Glaciers, volcanoes, forested coasts—these distinctive Alaskan landscapes are packed into this rarely visited reserve. Here’s what you need to know.
Scientists say the unfolding El Niño event superimposed on long-term global warming is a primary driver of this huge spike in global surface temperatures since mid-2023. But the magnitude of the increase shocked many experts, leaving them somewhat puzzled about what else could be behind the re...
Camping varies a lot per region. In Alaska, camping on BLM land isextremelypopular during the summer, however facilities are minimal. For example, there isonly oneRV dump station on Alaska’s 70 million acres of BLM land. Shocking absolutely no one, wastewater frequently ends up dumped in ca...
Visit the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks. There are numerous pullouts along the Parks Highway and along the Alaska Railroad routes, so be sure to ask your driver or train conductor.The mountain is not visible from the park entrance, so for the best views you’ll ...
Many of Interior’s offices have changed dramatically over time in response to evolving environmental and cultural values. For example, the Bureau of Land Management was widely known for years as the “Bureau of Livestock and Mining” because its decisions closely reflected the interests of those ...
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John Elden, Glacier in Alaska Join us on this adventure we call life, as we choose to live deliberately. I have made it my mission to introduce 100,000 people to the out of doors. It is my greatest hope that by showing you the way, I can give back to all those to whom I owe ...