Publications by Eric Niewoehner
This is my journal of animals I encountered in Alaska. Most of these sightings were while walking through the wilderness, but some of the photos will demonstrate how the wilderness came to our front porch. Black Bear Ursus americanus Can’t have a web page for Alaskan animals without something about bears. I think my understanding…
What a truck has to say about the place and the person who drives it When living in Columbia, Missouri, I observed that there were two types of truck owners. The suburbanites who, for some odd reason, had to drive a truck. Then there were the people who made their living using the truck as…
Several years ago I fell off the deep end and picked up bird watching as a hobby. While I was always interested in birds, I often stereotyped bird enthusiasts as nerdy, walking down trails with binoculars around their neck, some bedecked with $2,000 cameras with lenses so big a person could barely balance them (thus…
Juneau is simply an amazing place to live. 877 miles north of Seattle, 590 miles from Anchorage, it is a long way from just about everything. And yes, as everyone seems to wonder, it is another 553 miles to Arctic Circle. You can only get here if you fly or come by boat. Our road…
Probably the first thing that anyone in Juneau will mention to an outsider is rain. The second thing is snow. Lots of it. A typical winter will bring 70-100 inches of snow at sea level. Go up to the ski resort, snow accumulation may exceed 300 inches. This section of the journal will focus on…