{"id":105497,"date":"2023-12-20T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/home\/wild-shots-78\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:30:00","slug":"wild-shots-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/wild-shots-78\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

To showcase our readers’ work to the widest possible audience, Wild Shots have been moved in front of the Juneau Empire’s paywall. Don’t have a subscription, but want one? Visit our subscriber center by clicking <\/a>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to editor@juneauempire.com. For all photos include the name of the photographer, a description of what is shown in the picture, when it was taken and any other pertinent information. Images will run as space allows. Images with watermarks cannot be published.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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The wetlands at Mendenhall Campground on Dec. 16. (Photo by Deborah Rudis)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A reflection on water at Mendenhall Campground on Dec. 16. (Photo by Deborah Rudis)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Looking toward town from the John Muir Trail on Dec. 6. (Photo by Denise Carroll)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Raven becomes part of a Seawalk totem on Dec. 10. (Photo by Denise Carroll)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Amid the heavy cloud cover and rain and snow, a brief period of respite at Mile Two on Dec. 7. (Photo by Denise Carroll)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The peace sign on the Lemon Creek Trail is getting overgrown, but light snow helps it stand out on Dec. 10. (Photo by Deana Barajas)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Greenery still abounds during winter on the Lemon Creek Trail on Dec. 10. (Photo by Deana Barajas)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A heart within a natural ice sculpture on the Lemon Creek Trail on Dec. 10. (Photo by Deana Barajas)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Birds nest fungi, with seeds in one, on the Lemon Creek Trail on Dec. 10. (Photo by Deana Barajas)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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An exposed snow-covered tree stump on the Lemon Creek Trail on Dec. 10. (Photo by Deana Barajas)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Scars on a tree look like fossils of an ancient sea critter.on the Lemon Creek Trail on Dec. 10. (Photo by Deana Barajas)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Tazlina heads up to Haines and Skagway on the morning of Dec. 10 near south Shelter Island. (Courtesy photo \/ Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

[To see a collection of over 100 photos taken by readers in 2019 and 2020, click here.<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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[To see Wild Shots from May 2022 all the way through November 2022, click here]<\/a><\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

[To see Wild Shots from December 2022 through mid-February 2023, click here<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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[To see Wild Shots from May 2023, click here<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

[To see Wild Shots from early June 2023, click here<\/a> and here<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

[To see Wild Shots from late June 2023, click here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

[To see Wild Shots from July 2023, click here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here <\/a>and here<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

[To see Wild Shots from August 2023, click here<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

[To see Wild Shots from September 2023, click here<\/a> and here<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

[To see Wild Shots from October 2023, click here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

[To see Wild Shots from November 2023, click here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To showcase our readers’ work to the widest possible audience, Wild Shots have been moved in front of the Juneau Empire’s paywall. Don’t have a subscription, but want one? Visit our subscriber center by clicking <\/a>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":105498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[357,807],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-105497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news","tag-nature","tag-photo-galleries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105497"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=105497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}