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3:12 Some trails within the borough limits get very heavy use by thousands of hikers, joggers, skiers, dogmushers, horseback riders, bicyclists and motorized users on ATVs and snowmachines. The original Trails Plan was adopted in 1985 to guide the protection and management of local trails – it was last updated in 2006. Taryn Oleson-Yelle is the lead planner for R&M Consultants, Inc., the engineering and planning contractors who will get public input and draw up the revised plan with the Trails Advisory Commission. “I love trails; that’s a huge reason I moved to Alaska in the first place...

This December marks the 60th year of the Arctic Audubon Society’s Fairbanks Christmas Bird Count. Like many traditions, organizers have made adjustments to the event this year to account for pandemic safety. The Christmas Bird Count is an annual tradition for thousands of volunteers working with local Audubon societies all over the Northern-hemisphere. On count day, field observers cover an assigned area to record bird species, numbers and observation efforts, while feeder watchers count the largest number of each species of birds observed at any one time on count day.  The F...

Where You Can See the Northern Lights in U.S. This Week Newsweek 12/10/2020 Soo Kim © Lance King/Getty Images The Northern Lights displayed near the Ester Dome mountain just outside Fairbanks, Alaska, picture on January 8, 2017. The Northern Lights may be visible this week in parts of the country's northern region. The Northern Lights, also known as the aurora borealis, may be visible on Thursday and Friday in some northern states, including Illinois, Oregon, Maine, Washington and Montana. The colorful cosmic light display is caused by a geomagnetic storm. According to th...