Blueberry Bonanza
Berry Mania
It is blueberry season here in interior Alaska, where berry picking takes over the psyche. The public radio station, KUAC in Fairbanks, played, " I Get My Thrills on…
The High One Unveiled
Today, we began our work at the Gradient Site, up the road from CiPEHR. It was a beautiful sunny morning, and I was blessed to see Denali, shining out from under the perpetual…
CiPEHR VIew
Carbon Cycle Refresher
Carbon continuously moves throughout the four spheres (the hydrosphere, geosphere, atmosphere and biosphere) that make up our planet earth. Over the span of…
Sourdough Cinammon Rolls
Sour Dough
A cheechako is a native word that means new-comer and is used to refer to someone who is new to Alaska. I am a cheechako. Someone who has spent at least one…
Meghan Taylor gets ready to install the FD Sensor
Measuring Winter Soil Respiration
Up until now, measuring winter soil respiration (i.e. CO2) was not easy. In the past, a graduate student was…
Like Musical Chairs
Getting a handle on the plots within sub-plots at the CiPEHR research site is perhaps one of the most important things to understand, yet for me has been the most difficult. And…
Science Happens in Rain or Shine
CiPEHR is located at the end of Stampede Road, where there are no houses, and therefore no electrical service. So all electricity to run the equipment must be…
A Berry Good Beginning to the Day
I did not know whether I would find raspberries this far north. I had not seen any on my trek through boreal forest or tundra. But like in most northern places,…
Horse Neighbor
What is Phenology?
According to the National Wildlife Federation, phenology is "the study of how the biological world times natural events". Species will use the predictable…
The Sun Finally Shines on Healy
Until today, the research team has suffered through 48 days of rain since the summer research season began in April. Today, perhaps, just perhaps, my New Mexico…
Me and My Cabin
Street Named for the Stars
I will now be living and working just outside the boundary of Denali National Park, just outside of a really small village called Healy. The streets are…
Swede Lake
Denali
As I have travelled through this North Country, I have had a companion (besides my husband). This companion has helped me understand the land and its people more fully and as I…
