We breed Alaska golden retrievers. We are expecting a litter soon from our Sable, our 3 year old female. If you would like to be on our interest list and want more information about our goldens, please email us at: alaskawildernessmom@gmail.com. Our goal of raising goldens in Alaska is to provide healthy, high quality dogs … More Golden Retriever Puppies in bush Alaska
Alaska is extraordinary….so is homeschooling here! … More Homeschooling in Bush Alaska-the Ultimate in Extraordinaire
Willow, our golden retriever, has a fresh new litter of puppies. What a joy they are providing along with ample laughter as they learn to walk, play and puppy bark. Willow is now 5 years old, and this will be her final litter. All the more that we are enjoying this batch of pups. She … More Golden Retriever Puppy Wonderland!
It’s not every day you come across two bald eagles next to a road gripped to each other with deadlocked talons. This spring we received a call from a friend who exclaimed, “Hey, there’s two bald eagles next to the road trying to kill each other!”. As biologists who are trained in handling animals, we’ve … More Deadlocked Talons
If you just finished reading my blog post, “Spring break up- Part I”, you’ll be wondering what happened with the flood! Well, let me tell you, it was a scary thing to watch the river ice jam up by McGrath on May 10th and then the water level in the river rose and rose and … More Spring break up-Part II
The Kuskokwim River ice is super close to breaking up. Migratory birds are flying around everywhere. Open water is iminent! Juncos, thrushes, seagulls, geese (Canada, snow and white-fronted aka speckle bellies), swans (mostly trumpeter but also some tundra), northern shovelers, northern pintails, mallards, green winged teal, greater yellowlegs, and the list goes on. I saw … More Spring break up-part I
It started out as an innocent 3rd grade science fair project. New to homeschooling, I was clearly unaware of the fact that no science fair project should ever be described as “innocent”. My son, Benjamin and I discovered the project on a cool looking geology rock website. The neatly arranged photos explaining how to make … More It was a crayon blob nightmare!
Although spring officially began on the calendar on March 20th, it takes about another month for things to start warming up and thawing in McGrath. That time has come. The drip…. drip…. drips cascading off the roof are such a welcomed sound! And it’s finally happening after six months of winter. Icicles are developing. Windows … More Signs of Spring
Iditarod 2022 in McGrath … More Iditarod 2022
He’s not an old, crusty Alaskan bushwhacker, gold miner, or trapper. But he is crusty, and he is old. His name? Sourdough Sam! What is he? He’s an Alaska sourdough starter. With each passing month this winter we are learning more and more about him. As the most recent addition to our family, he is … More Sourdough Sam
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