Fort Wainwright has released the annual hunting season closures for the Donnelly Training Area (DTA) surrounding Fort Greely. In addition to impact areas and areas always closed to recreation, four different closures have been announced.

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) has issued an emergency order changing bag limits, quota, and reporting requirements for state managed hunts for the Nelchina caribou herd in Unit 13, which begins south of Black Rapids on the Richardson Highway and includes the Glennallen…

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game has opened the Chitina Subdistrict Personal Use Dipnet Fishery for a 168-hour period from 12:01 a.m. Monday, Aug. 6 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12. This is the longest opening of the season thus far.

Mark your calendar. August 11 is the date set for a 60+ triathlon. You need to be 60 years of age this year to participate. This is a bike, hike, and paddle event designed especially for the slightly older set. The event will begin at 11 a.m. with a 2.5- or 5-mile bike ride from Lost Lake Ca…

The Chitina Subdistrict Copper River Personal Use Dip Net Salmon Fishery will open for a 90-hour period from 6 a.m. Thursday, July 26 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, July 29. This is the third successive weekend opening following an extended closing lasting from June 18 to July 12. 

Fireweed – The Race Across Alaska – is Alaska’s most demanding yet breathtaking bike race. The 200-mile race begins at Sheep Mountain Lodge (Glenn Highway mile 113.5), about 100 miles northeast of Anchorage and continues east to Glennallen. The race then takes a turn south to Valdez. 

The Delta 10 and under and 12 and under youth baseball teams hosted Fairbanks Saturday in a contest at the city ball fields. Delta fell short in both games but made some strong plays against the more experienced Fairbanks teams. 

This year’s salmon run has been less than predictable, and the trend continues throughout the state, with some areas being closed, while others open with increased bag limits. The Copper River has been no different, with a long-term closure with the prospect of no openings, to having two bac…

During the first week of June, eleven students from Delta Junction area attended the Youth Hunter Education Competition in Fairbanks. The spent the weekend taking tests in eight areas of hunting skills. Four of the competitions revolve around shooting skills: shotgun, archery, muzzleloader, …

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At this time, the bag and possession limit for Arctic grayling in the Delta Clearwater River is one fish under 12 inches. Only one unbaited, single-hook artificial lure or fly may be used.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has limited fishing in the Gennallen Subsistence Fishery to 48-hour periods beginning 12:00 p.m. Friday, June 29, 2018, and ending 12:00 p.m. Sunday, July 1. Thereafter, the fishery will open for 48-hour periods 12:00 p.m. Friday to 12:00 p.…

The Chitina subdistrict personal use dipnet fishery will be open 24 hours, from noon on June 9 to noon June 10. The fishery was tentatively scheduled to be open beginning June 9 and be open continually through July 4. Low escapements at the Miles Lake sonar have forced Fish & Game to iss…

Are you ready to get your pole wet?

The Upper Copper River fisheries are set to open in the upcoming weeks, with the popular personal use fishery opening June 7, and the subsistence fishery opening June 1. The fisheries are only open to Alaska residents, and you can only fish in one of the fisheries each year. 

Spring is an energizing time of year to enjoy the big outdoors that Delta Junction offers. Yet, at the same time our bodies are urging us to go outside and explore, our trails may be vulnerable to damage, and we need to use them with care. Please keep in mind how your use of trails in the sp…