Alaska Life Blog - Craig Medred

Craig Medred

Alaska Squirrel Foundation wants more than just peanuts from lawmakers

SATIRE: The Alaska Squirrel Federation is preparing a pitch for state money to fund a relocation and rescue program to benefit Alaskans and help save the lives of squirrels.

Craig Medred

| May 1, 2012

Nugent acted ethically in Alaska bear hunt, if not legally

It's time someone defended Ted Nugent against non-hunters saying that he acted unethically in unlawfully killing an Alaska black bear.

Craig Medred

| Apr 30, 2012

Why did Ted Nugent spin his illegal Alaska hunt?

If Nugent took a plea to pay $10,000 and avoid a felony charge, he was a wise man. But if he did all this to simply avoid fighting the Feds over a misdemeanor, then he's a coward.

Craig Medred

| Apr 28, 2012

Do Alaska State Troopers have a search and rescue double standard?

If someone goes missing in Kotzebue, state troopers may send gas and oil for an organized search. Get tired on a hike outside Anchorage, and the state offers a helicopter taxi ride.

Craig Medred

| Apr 25, 2012

Why is Ted Nugent pleading guilty in Alaska bear case?

Rocker turned big-talker Ted Nugent shot a bear in Alaska in 2009. Three years later, he will plead guilty to illegally transporting its hide. Is the guilty plea a move to save face?

Craig Medred

| Apr 22, 2012

Alaska Press Club 2012: Where are Andrew Halcro and Jeanne Devon?

OPINION: Newspaperman Howard Weaver is among the headliners at press gathering to help untangle the past and future of journalism. But in an increasingly partisan marketplace, maybe Sarah Palin should be.

Craig Medred

| Apr 20, 2012

Is that a glacier growing in my backyard? Musings of a global warming skeptic

Snow is piled so deep in the valley behind Craig Medred's house that it looks like the coming of a new Ice Age. You call this global warming? He sure doesn't think so.

Craig Medred

| Apr 14, 2012

Alaska moose myths and fairytales, debunked

Could it be possible that moose aren't having as tough a winter as some special interests have claimed?

Craig Medred

| Apr 13, 2012

Never run from a bear! Unless you're in LA and texting! (Video)

The warning not to run from bears is almost the first commandment in bear country, and it has plenty of evidence to support it, but what if you don't think during an encounter and it happens anyway? Are you doomed?

| Apr 12, 2012

Interior sled-dog trip that went horribly awry leaves raft of bad feelings

Things went wrong all around, but when a guided trip goes wrong, it's almost always considered the fault of the guides. No matter what went wrong. No matter the arrangement.

Craig Medred

| Apr 1, 2012

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As a one-time newspaper reporter, Craig Medred has covered everything from the luxury cruiseship Prinsendam in the Gulf of Alaska to the disappearance of Japanese national hero Naomi Uemera on the slopes of Mt. McKinley to the bogus "rescue" of a pair of young, foolish whales trapped by ice near Point Barrow. Along the way, it has been his luck to sail a small boat across the Gulf, climb on the glaciers of North America's tallest peak, and spend a lot of time shivering in the cold dark. He prefers any of those things to reporting on the manueverings in Alaska's halls of power where the 49th state's resources are often divvied up between the powerful and the near powerless. In Alaska, however, he has discovered that politics is something that cannot be avoided, even by those who live in cabins in the woods, and thus he has often found himself embroiled in stories of a political nature. In journalism as in life, he often approaches things with a directness prone to win him a few friends and plenty of enemies.

Contact Medred at craig(at)alaskadispatch.com.

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Alaska Life Blog - Craig Medred

Alaska Squirrel Foundation wants more than just peanuts from lawmakers

Nugent acted ethically in Alaska bear hunt, if not legally

Why did Ted Nugent spin his illegal Alaska hunt?

Do Alaska State Troopers have a search and rescue double standard?

Why is Ted Nugent pleading guilty in Alaska bear case?

Alaska Press Club 2012: Where are Andrew Halcro and Jeanne Devon?

Is that a glacier growing in my backyard? Musings of a global warming skeptic

Alaska moose myths and fairytales, debunked

Never run from a bear! Unless you're in LA and texting! (Video)

Interior sled-dog trip that went horribly awry leaves raft of bad feelings

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