After a summer of planting, weeding and watering your garden, it's time to harvest
the rewards of all of your hard work. Join Mallory Smith with ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Harvest Collaborative
in a hands-on workshop to learn the art of the harvest. Read more and register for the workshop.Ìý
The growing Kachemak Bay mariculture industry and a booming population of local sea
otters appear to have a surprisingly uneventful relationship, according to a new University
of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks study. The study, published recently in The Journal of Wildlife
Management, focused on otters around a handful of oyster farms in the area, comparing
their actions to otters that were foraging in nearby control areas without farming.
During hundreds of hours of observations, otters weren't seen eating any oysters and
the presence of mariculture operations didn't appear to have a notable effect on their
behavior. Learn more about the study.
Southeast ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ is home to more than 850 species of native trees, shrubs and wildflowers.
When you count them up, it's more than half of all the plant species in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ, growing
in just six percent of the state's area. Glacial ice smothered most of the area not
too long ago. So, when did all those plants get there? Read more on the hints hidden within the lake.
