Congressional Candidates Share Outdoor Perspectives

Alaska Public Media's Lisa Keller interviews Nick Begich and Mary Peltola both of whom are seeking to fill the big shoes of Don Young, Alaska's longtime lone Congressman.

The interviews air Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., and stream live too.

Questions were sourced from outdoor industry leaders Lee Hart of Alaska Outdoor AllianceAlaska, Mary Goddard of Sustainable Southeast Partnership, Steve Cleary of Alaska Trails, and Olympian Kikkan Randall of Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage. The candidates also chatted about their own personal experiences in the outdoors, what makes the Alaska outdoors special, and where they are happiest in the Alaska outdoors.