Feb. 2 is Marmot Day in Alaska. Here is a poem originally published in the Anchorage Daily News on Marmot Day in 2011. "BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA...Marmot Day is ...

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Alaska officials said a recent law makes Tuesday, known as Groundhog Day in Pennsylvania and other states, a holiday known as Marmot Day for Alaskans. Sen. Linda Menard ...

Then-Gov. Sarah Palin signed a bill last year to make every Feb. 2 Marmot Day in Alaska. The bill was introduced by Sen. Linda Menard, a Wasilla Republican. Because groundhogs are not common in Alaska ...

FAIRBANKS — When the Alaska Legislature passed a bill in 2010 designating Feb. 2 as Marmot Day, the University of Alaska Museum of the North’s mammal curator Link Olson welcomed the inclusiveness the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Alaska now has its own version of Groundhog Day. Then-Gov. Sarah Palin ...

FAIRBANKS - Let’s get one thing straight: There are groundhogs in Alaska and the groundhog capital of the Last Frontier is right here in Fairbanks, as anyone who has seen a dead woodchuck alongside ...

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JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska now has its own version of Groundhog Day. Then-Gov. Sarah Palin signed a bill last year to make every Feb. 2 Marmot Day in Alaska, legislation introduced by state Sen. Linda ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska now has its own version of Groundhog Day. Then-Gov. Sarah Palin signed a bill last year to make every Feb. 2 Marmot Day in Alaska. The bill was introduced by Sen. Linda Menard, ...

JUNEAU, AlaskaJUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska now has its own version of Groundhog Day. Then-Gov. Sarah Palin signed a bill last year to make every Feb. 2 Marmot Day in Alaska. The bill was introduced by Sen.