Ashes swallowed my hiking boots as I climbed a forested ridge north of Fairbanks. Blackened branches clawed at the sky — the ridge burned last year in the Grapefruit Complex fire — and the air still ...

If you enjoy mushroom hunting, March through May is the perfect time to find morel mushrooms, with April being prime time. Foragers often scour wooded areas, riverbanks, and even their own backyards ...