Community Calendar

Join HoWL to help clean up Homer! DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week is a litter clean-up for youth and families, and youth participants can earn scholarships for HoWL wilderness programs, complete service hours, and win prizes and special awards for categories such as Most Trash, Dirtiest DiRtBaG or Microtrash Master. To participate, meet us at Bishops Beach on Monday-Friday from 3:30 to 5:30, or from 4:15-5:30. On Saturday, April 25, we will meet from 11-2 to pick up trash at Bishop's Beach, and celebrate everyone's hard work with a pizza party, prizes and awards. Youth can participate with family members or can attend by themselves and join a HoWL-supervised crew. To learn more or register for Clean-Up Week, visit our website: https://www.howlalaska.org/clean-up-week

The Sandhill Cranes start arriving this month, so keep an eye on big birds coming into Homer. Send your Sandhill Crane sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Please include date, time, location, behavior, number of cranes, your name, and phone number, and email so KCW can call for more details if needed.

For more information contact Nina Faust. Phone: 907-235-6262. Email: reports@cranewatch.org

Join HoWL to help clean up Homer! DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week is a litter clean-up for youth and families, and youth participants can earn scholarships for HoWL wilderness programs, complete service hours, and win prizes and special awards for categories such as Most Trash, Dirtiest DiRtBaG or Microtrash Master. To participate, meet us at Bishops Beach on Monday-Friday from 3:30 to 5:30, or from 4:15-5:30. On Saturday, April 25, we will meet from 11-2 to pick up trash at Bishop's Beach, and celebrate everyone's hard work with a pizza party, prizes and awards. Youth can participate with family members or can attend by themselves and join a HoWL-supervised crew. To learn more or register for Clean-Up Week, visit our website: https://www.howlalaska.org/clean-up-week

Join Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges at Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Homer, 95 Sterling Hwy, for Birding Alaska's National Wildlife Refuges presented in person by Aaron Lang of Wilderness Birding Adventures. A reception follows the presentation. From wilderness rivers rushing through the tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the seabird-rich islands of the Alaska Maritime Refuge, Aaron Lang has explored nearly half of Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuges over 25 years of birding across the state. Join us as he shares stories from his favorite birding adventures, highlights rare species, and recounts memorable experiences in some of Alaska’s most iconic birding destinations. Or ZOOM from wherever you are with the link and recording to be posted here https://alaskarefugefriends.org/aaron-lang-4-26/ This is a regular monthly meeting of Friends and all are welcome.

Homer based bird guide extraordinaire Aaron Lang has birded about half of the 16 national wildlife refuges in Alaska in is 25 years of guiding in the state. Join us, Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges, as Aaron shares stories from his favorite birding adventures, highlights rare species, and recounts memorable experiences in some of Alaska’s most iconic birding destinations. These include the Pribilof Islands, Adak, and Nome in the Alaska Maritime Refuge; Kodiak, known for its abundance of winter birds; Tetlin Refuge along a major migratory flyway; the accessible forests, lakes, and mountains of Kenai Refuge; the extreme northern landscapes of the Arctic Refuge; and the Yukon Delta Refuge—the largest waterfowl and waterbird refuge in the nation. The talk will last until 6 with a reception following. All are welcome and it is free. You can also zoom this program and it will be recorded. Details here https://alaskarefugefriends.org/aaron-lang-4-26/

The Sandhill Cranes start arriving this month, so keep an eye on big birds coming into Homer. Send your Sandhill Crane sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Please include date, time, location, behavior, number of cranes, your name, and phone number, and email so KCW can call for more details if needed.

For more information contact Nina Faust. Phone: 907-235-6262. Email: reports@cranewatch.org

Join HoWL to help clean up Homer! DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week is a litter clean-up for youth and families, and youth participants can earn scholarships for HoWL wilderness programs, complete service hours, and win prizes and special awards for categories such as Most Trash, Dirtiest DiRtBaG or Microtrash Master. To participate, meet us at Bishops Beach on Monday-Friday from 3:30 to 5:30, or from 4:15-5:30. On Saturday, April 25, we will meet from 11-2 to pick up trash at Bishop's Beach, and celebrate everyone's hard work with a pizza party, prizes and awards. Youth can participate with family members or can attend by themselves and join a HoWL-supervised crew. To learn more or register for Clean-Up Week, visit our website: https://www.howlalaska.org/clean-up-week

The Sandhill Cranes start arriving this month, so keep an eye on big birds coming into Homer. Send your Sandhill Crane sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Please include date, time, location, behavior, number of cranes, your name, and phone number, and email so KCW can call for more details if needed.

For more information contact Nina Faust. Phone: 907-235-6262. Email: reports@cranewatch.org

Join HoWL to help clean up Homer! DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week is a litter clean-up for youth and families, and youth participants can earn scholarships for HoWL wilderness programs, complete service hours, and win prizes and special awards for categories such as Most Trash, Dirtiest DiRtBaG or Microtrash Master. To participate, meet us at Bishops Beach on Monday-Friday from 3:30 to 5:30, or from 4:15-5:30. On Saturday, April 25, we will meet from 11-2 to pick up trash at Bishop's Beach, and celebrate everyone's hard work with a pizza party, prizes and awards. Youth can participate with family members or can attend by themselves and join a HoWL-supervised crew. To learn more or register for Clean-Up Week, visit our website: https://www.howlalaska.org/clean-up-week

The Sandhill Cranes start arriving this month, so keep an eye on big birds coming into Homer. Send your Sandhill Crane sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Please include date, time, location, behavior, number of cranes, your name, and phone number, and email so KCW can call for more details if needed.

For more information contact Nina Faust. Phone: 907-235-6262. Email: reports@cranewatch.org