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Yes, I’m thinking about fireweed in the middle of winter. In these dark times, I close my eyes and see fuchsia blossoms buzzing with bumblebees. 2021 was the second year we’ve been living through this ...

Alaskans go to the forest and beaches not only to harvest but to find therapy, to find solitude and to heal. Part of that enjoyment is to inhale the scent of skunk cabbage, the wild celery and walk ...

“Here is the deal,” writes Fish Taxi, blogging from Valdez, Alaska. “Once the Fireweed blooms to the top and goes to seed we have six weeks “˜til winter. How it looks today we have two months. Give or ...

Nearly every state sets aside a month to celebrate its native plants. In the Lower 48, that month is April. For obvious reasons, that doesn’t work so well in Alaska. Starting in 2023, by formal ...

Jul. 15—The Fireweed road cycling race is being run this weekend after four years off. Among the participants making the 200-mile ride from Sheep Mountain Lodge, near Matanuska Glacier, to Valdez is a ...

FAIRBANKS — Thirty three bicyclists from Fairbanks and five from North Pole are among the nearly 659 entries for the 13th annual Fireweed Race Across Alaska, starting today and Saturday from Sheep ...