The Homer Tribune The Weekender: What's Happening in Homer this weekend?
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If sent to a forest, most adults might find it hard to answer questions about what kinds of diseases one might identify among plants or how to estimate board feet in a stand of trees.
Yet a group of Homer High School students successfully answered questions like these at the annual Alaska Statewide Environthon at Chena Hot Springs and walked about with several first-place awards.

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For the birds
Birding enthusiasts from around the world gather this weekend for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival.