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Dozens of students oohed and aahed on a cold morning in Anchor Point as biologists spawned a pair of coho salmon and fertilized their eggs. It was the first lesson in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s annual “Salmon in the Classroom” program, which teaches Kenai Peninsula students about salmon biology in their classrooms throughout the school year.
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An invasive species with the potential to wreak havoc on important commercial and subsistence fisheries have been found in Alaska for the first time. Biologists with Metlakatla Indian Community say they’ve found the first evidence of European green crabs on Annette Island, near the southern tip of Southeast Alaska.
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Nature provides many cues to alert us to the arrival of spring, whether its the return of migratory birds, the appearence of stinging nettles, or the flow…
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For this episode we visit with Sonja Martin Young from Alaska Aquaponics to discuss how her goldfish and koi work in tandem with her year-round indoor…
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We return to the garden (figuratively, of course) to discuss ways we can interact with plants despite recent sub-freezing temperatures.Local…
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The focus for this episode is Alaska Native plant traditions and medicine. We talk with Elder Kathy Brewster of Nanwalek about medicinal plants within…
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Homer grown is back and we are exploring aquaculture.In this episode we join Weatherly Bates of Alaska Shellfish Farms in Halibut Cove, to talk how kelp…
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Look up into the night sky for the next several days and observe the winter solstice, the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn and the Ursids meteor…
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On this final episode of the first season, we talk with Aryn Young and Beau Burgess of Blood Sweat and Food Farm about the benefits of pasture-raised…
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On this special Halloween episode, Desiree talks with Carolyn Westbrook of Woda Botanicals and Yarrow Hinnant about various local plants, the lore and…
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In the latest episode of Homer Grown:We talk to Saskia Esslinger about putting garden beds to bed, permaculture, the new, local seed library and teaching…
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In this episode we talk with Jon Kee of Spruce Top Farm, Linda Gorman on overwintering bees, Katherine Schake and Nicole Arevalo on Reed Canary Grass and…