A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a crewmember from the cargo ship APL China, Aug. 22, 2012, in the Gulf of Alaska. The crewmember was taken to land where he will be transferred to a HC-130 Hercules airplane that will take him for advanced medical care. The Coast Guard responded to the medical emergency by diverting multiple …

The new artifical field turf at Baranof Park gets groomed Wednesday (left), while texture is being applied to the new track. Fred Hawley/KMXT photos

The culvert that connects Island Lake to Mill Bay has been cleared of scores of deadfall logs and stumps. Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation staff attempted cleaning the salmon stream’s culver, which runs under Rezanof Drive East, two weeks ago, but could barely budge the logjam. Dave Kaplan says the state used heavy equipment to get the job done, and …

This week on The Naturalist, Deb Mignogno, the summer volunteer at Fort Abercrombie State Park tells us a fish story – about Dolly Varden, the different kinds and different sizes and the different habitats they live in.

Harlequin ducks are known for their dramatic feather patterns. Glen Smart, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo Periodically this summer the volunteer naturalist at Fort Abercrombie State Historic Park, Deb Mignogno, teaches us a little bit more about the natural world around the park This week we learn a lot about the Harlequin Duck, and that’s no joke.

The Kodiak-based fishing vessel Cornelia Marie and the Alaska State Ferry Kennicott cross paths near Kodiak on Friday. Brianna Gibbs/KMXT photo

Two Coast Guard crewmembers aboard a Kodiak-based HC-130 Hercules airplane transfer a baby walrus from the plane to an awaiting Air Force truck at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 30, 2012. Two baby walrus were rescued in Barrow and transported by the Coast Guard to the Anchorage area where they then transferred to an awaiting truck for transportation to the …

Periodically this summer Deb Mignogno, the volunteer naturalist at Fort Abercrombie, brings us an update on the goings-on out at the park. This week on The Naturalist, a scavenger hunt of a different kind.

Lt. Vincent Jansen, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, forward located in Barrow, briefs a North Slope Borough police officer as he prepares to launch for a search and rescue mission involving a hiker that fell from a cliff in the Brooks Range today (Thursday). This is the first search and rescue case in Barrow …

(BARROW) Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Tom Combs, Lt. Mike Groncki and Petty Officer 2nd Class Zach Painter, members of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, give Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell a tour of the helicopter hanger at Coast Guard Forward Operating Location Barrow July 23, 2012. Two helicopters with supporting air, ground and …