Trash, chicken coops, pet food and bird seed are all powerful bear attractants. Fish and Game is reminding residents to keep them away from bears.
Food
Gardentalk – Sampling potatoes
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski has some tips for harvesting our first potatoes and previews the 10th Birthday Celebration for the Jensen-Olson Arboretum.
2 Haines food entrepreneurs are finalists in Southeast business contest
The contest is a partnership between Spruce Root Inc. and The Nature Conservancy. This year, Path to Prosperity is focused on local food.
Personal use king crab fishery in Juneau area to open for 5 days
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will allow each household to take two male crab total for the five-day summer season. It’s been years since any personal use king crab could be taken.
Gardentalk – Garlic harvesting
It’s nearly time for harvest when the garlic plant’s lower leaves turn yellow and dry out, and the scape uncurls and points straight up.
Sport fishermen frustrated by king salmon management amidst banner sockeye run
The king run has struggled or at least run late to the frustration of the anglers who line the river’s banks in June and July. Some sportfish operators say they would like to see some changes in the commercial sockeye fishery downstream to help protect the kings.