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Kachemak Currents
Saturday 9:35 a.m.

Kachemak Currents is a natural history program produced by the Center for Alaska Coastal Studies. The program covers a wide variety of subjects, all sharing the common theme of "the natural history of the Kachemak Bay area."

  • Moose Mating Season
  • The Common Murre
    The Common Murre is a common seabird in Alaska, but the population has fallen
  • European Green Crabs
    The European Green Crab is a growing threat to local crab stocks
  • Foraging Wild Berries
    The Kachemak Bay area has various and abundant berries, both edible and not.
  • Sticklebacks
  • Lutz Spruce
    The Lutz Spruce, the most common tree in the lower Kenai Peninsula forest, is a hybrid of White and Sitka Spruce
  • Little Brown Bats
    The Little Brown Bat is Homer's only bat species
  • Sandhill Cranes
    Homer's population of Sandhill Cranes winters in California's Central Valley
  • Homer Harbor Plants and Animals
  • Fireweed Galls
    Two years ago, in the summer of 2023, a distinctly subdued fireweed bloom was eventually traced to the presence of the fireweed flower gall midge.