Conclusion Compilation

Valdez Glacier- Flora- Alder, Willow, Arctic Willow, Alpine Willow, Moss Campion, black, orange, yellow, and white Lichen, mosses, Birch, Black Cottonwood, Aspen, Fireweed, Horsetail. Fauna- Mountain Goat, birds singing, Raven, Crow, black spider, Mustard White butterfly, Bald Eagle, possible Pine Siskin or Wilson's Warbler, beetle, Mew Gulls (a pair), possible Swift.

Dock Point Trail- Flora- Salmonberry, Spiny Wood Fern, Devil’s Club, Red Alder, Starflower, Northern Rice Root, Goats Beard, Sitka Spruce, Arctic Willow, False Hellebore, Chocolate Lily, Dwarf Cornel, Yarrow, mosses and lichens, False Solomon Seal, Shell fungus, Skunk cabbage, Corn Lily, Horsetails, Blueberry, yarrow, cornel, Sitka Alder, Scoular Willow, Dandelion, Shelf Fungus. Fauna- Slug, Snail, gull, duck, remains of a dead Bald Eagle, Sea Otter, Arctic Tern, mosquitoes, sparrow, bee, crows, red squirrel, aphid.

Shoup Bay Trail- Flora- Alder, Dandelion, Chocolate Lily, Stinging Nettle, Fern, Horsetail, Salmonberry, Devil’s Club, Cottonwood, False Hellebore, Bog Adder’s Mouth, Cow Parsnip, Yellow Paintbrush, Peat Grass, Daisy, Shooting Star, Rockweed, Willow, Wild Celery, Red Elder, Nagoonberry, Pacific Silverweed, Crane’s bill, Valerian, Wild Geranium, Beach Pea, Iris, Dwarf Dogwood, Rose Aven, some type of Chickweed, Beach Greens, Rockweed, Witches Hair seaweed, Sedge grass, Peat. Fauna- Slug, Raven, Crow, Sea Gulls, Swallow, Mussel and Clam shells, Barnacles, a crab’s leg, Mosquito, an orange slug, Humans, white butterfly, bee, caterpillar, Bear scat, the singing of many small birds, including a hummingbird, red mites, sand worms, a tiny shrimp-like creature.


Columbia Glacier and Heather Bay- Flora- Seaweeds, black salt-tolerant lichen, Algae, Willows, Shooting Star, Sitka Spruce, Marsh Marigold, Siberian Aster, Sundews, Caribou Lichen, Bog Bean, Wood Fern, Arctic Willow, Fungi, Gray Hanging Lichen, Yellow Pond Lily, Sea Lettuce, Rockweed, Beach Greens, Dwarf Fireweed, Mosses, including reproducing parts, Alpine Willow, Beach Grass, orange lichen, Peat Moss, Buttercups, Dwarf Dogwood, Bog Blueberry, Crowberry, Skunk Cabbage, Purple Aster, Starflower, Columbine, Violets, Juniper, Caribou Lichen, Cladonia (a gorgeous red lichen), Mountain Heather, Huckleberry, Mushrooms, including shelf fungi, Poppies, Fauna- Puffins, Barnacles, Sea Gulls, Arctic Terns, Crab, Snail, Limpet, Shrimp, MOSQUITOES, Bear scat, Moon Jelly Fish, Blue mussels, Rough Keyhole Limpets, Sea Lions, Glaucous-winged Gull, Arctic Tern, Marbled Murrelets, Sea Otters, Geese, Mudfish (Blenny), Clam, Tube Worm or clam holes, Kitiwakes, large black spider, Duck with ducklings, Robin, Loon, Pink Salmon.


Mineral Creek Trail-Flora- Siberian Aster, Common Fireweed, Nagoonberry, Elegant Paintbrush, Coastal Paintbrush, Wild Celery, Goat’s Beard, Sitka Valerien, Alaska Spiraea, Tall Cotton Grass, Low-bush Cranberry, and High-Bush Cranberry, Chocolate Lily, Wild Celery, Yellow Anemone, Peat Moss, Dwarf Dogwood, Caribou lichen, Narcissus, Flowered Anemone, Watermelon Berry. Fauna- Bear evidence.

Thompson Pass and Worthington Glacier- Flora- Alder, Mountain Heather, Narcissus Anemone, Bog Blueberry, Caribou Lichen, Dwarf/Arctic Willow, Nagoonberry, Geranium, Roseroot, Fireweed, Yellow Paintbrush, Fern, Starflower, Mountain Heather, Dwarf Blueberry, Mosses, Arctic or Wooly Lousewort, Dwarf Fireweed, Violets, Saxafrage, Crowberry, Leafy Lichen, Licopodium, Wild Geranium, Lupine, Horsetail, Fauna- Marmot, Gull, Arctic Ground Squirrel, Crow, Hare.

McCarthy Road- Flora- Nagoonberry, Labrador tea, Bearberry, Black Spruce, mosses, Shrubby Cinquefoil, Sedges, mushrooms, Fireweed, Crowberry, Cotton grass, Northern Bedstraw, Puff balls, various fungi, Dryas, Rose Hips, Strawberry Spinach, Fox Grass, and some plants that live off decaying matter and, thus, do not photosynthesize. Fauna- Grey Jays, evidence of Bear, Hare, White winged Crossbill, Ducks, Ravens, Crows, Dragonflies, Thomas Ginn, Mosquitoes.

Kennecott- Flora- Gemmed Puffball, Fireweed, Horsetail, Siberian Aster, Roses, Alpine/ Common Willow, Lichens, Saxifrage, Bearberry, Lupine, Juniper, Dwarf Dogwood, Twin Flower, Monkshood, Crowberry, Glaucous Gentian, Elegant Goldenrod, Chives, Horsetail, Lichens, Aspen, Shrubby Pine, White Spruce, Black Spruce, Bluebell, Ferns, mosses, Soapberry, Pink Pyrola, purple flowers from the Pea family, Paintbrush, Leafy Lichen, Bolete mushroom, red infestation on willow, orange lichen. Fauna- Butterfly, Spider, Red Fox, Bee, Mosquitoes, Canine Domesticus, Grey Jay, Hare, Moose scat and tracks, Carpenter Ants, a moth with blue body, brownish orange wings, squirrel chatter.

Finally! A bear!

Hey guys! After all the time we spent on the trails, avoiding bears and such, I finally saw a bear right across the street from my house near the hospital! He or she was eating salmon berries, minding his own business. I know this is not the best photo, but my hands were kinda shaking from adrenaline.

Also, you should be aware that there was one up at Dock Point Trail, just the other day, also eating the berries. I heard it on the other side of the bushes from me, yelled out "Yo Bear!", and walked away. The blueberries we saw there early in the summer are now ripening/ ripe.

I also took a walk on a drizzly day last week, with my husband, along the Mineral Creek Trail. I will attach some photos I took there, as well as some I took at Dock Point Trail. The spider was on my house.