LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-29T07:20:09Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:0131ECA6-CCD5-403D-B05D-68CBFCEC842EAfter September storm, Newtok residents are desperate to relocate2022-10-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Newtok, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 7, 2022</p><p>Melting permafrost and severe erosion have plagued the community for decades. The most recent storm brought waves so fierce, the water claimed roughly half of the 80 or so remaining feet of land that stands between the back end of the school and the edge of the Ningliq river.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C468D976-6622-4951-8374-80B5F3F4808E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/0131ECA6-CCD5-403D-B05D-68CBFCEC842E'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.94108 -164.64111uuid:4EB62FEB-D468-417F-B6E5-4E462345D57FDozens of Newtok students attend classes in a school that’s coming apart2023-12-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Newtok, Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 13, 2023</p><p>Rapid erosion and permafrost degradation mean school district officials are in a race to shore up the building for the remainder of the school year.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/4D345ED6-C5DC-4D9A-8F0D-EA96F85FDF97'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4EB62FEB-D468-417F-B6E5-4E462345D57F'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.94108 -164.64111uuid:BE77688D-7546-47E9-AE4A-111CC734729CFirst bird flu casualty detected in Southwestern Alaska pending confirmation2023-05-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Southwestern Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 31, 2023</p><p>As of June 1, laboratory testing was still underway and had not yet fully confirmed which variant of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza the migratory bird had, and there are other possible detections this year, according to Alaska State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Gerlach.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/00068C08-2B99-4E87-8A36-EEC34832BA82'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/BE77688D-7546-47E9-AE4A-111CC734729C'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.7591595022699 -164.862667657633uuid:5E5B4C27-EF86-4FE8-B583-827FE865DCD0Hooper Bay working to contain sewage spill that is threatening important subsistence location2022-02-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 25, 2022</p><p>The spill followed a sudden rise in warm temperatures in recent days. Hooper Bay Mayor Sandra Hill said that the thaw and rain had melted the previously frozen land surrounding the sewage lagoon, causing a wall of the lagoon to cave.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/3F0D2F3C-E01B-4256-8DEF-35B7C2014520'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/5E5B4C27-EF86-4FE8-B583-827FE865DCD0'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.53111 -166.09667uuid:3620521B-F92D-4956-94F7-DE84F12351B0Fisheries managers announce Yukon River closures2023-05-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>May 26, 2023</p><p>King and summer chum runs are forecasted to be poor, with little to no harvestable surplus available.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F344882F-E8D0-495F-80F8-BEE2F99166B3'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/3620521B-F92D-4956-94F7-DE84F12351B0'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:900AAC39-C447-4056-B158-C493C6125B52Nunapitchuk Flood Worst In Years2020-05-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nunapitchuk, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 12, 2020</p><p>While many communities along the Kuskokwim River escaped major flooding, one small village is still seeing high water.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/FB09DFF8-4301-4D61-ABBE-7E4A918F5E1E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/900AAC39-C447-4056-B158-C493C6125B52'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.89694 -162.45944uuid:7B74CB0F-5BB5-425A-A642-F3A5279D0F8CAlaska Logistics is leaving two barges to freeze in the Kuskokwim River2021-11-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Eek, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 12, 2021</p><p>“It got very cold the day we got there, it got down to like single digits and ice came out of the mountains and rivers and sloughs everywhere,” said Allyn Long, general manager of Alaska Logistics.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7B45C789-39D8-4F0B-B017-9C7072F1E0A5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/7B74CB0F-5BB5-425A-A642-F3A5279D0F8C'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.1220133365215 -162.398049732324uuid:8E14C30F-CF5B-4CFD-98F0-7C8516245070Research Shows Predators May Be Large Factor In Decreased King Salmon Size 2021-04-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>April 13, 2021</p><p>The size of king salmon returning to Western Alaska rivers to spawn has been decreasing over the past few decades. Researchers at the University of Alaska</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/19732B94-F4E6-47AB-B3A0-2B76D9068238'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8E14C30F-CF5B-4CFD-98F0-7C8516245070'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:BCB89F00-D9F4-4940-BA0F-F200E57B7153Kuskokwim River Too Rough For Travelers In Upper Kuskokwim Area2020-02-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Napaimute, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 11, 2020</p><p>The river is so rough in the Upper Kuskokwim area that it is impassable to vehicle and snow machine traffic. Big boulders of snow-covered ice are scattered across the river caused by high water and a late freeze up.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/864CD207-C02D-4D43-8CB2-2C9627CCEDBA'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/BCB89F00-D9F4-4940-BA0F-F200E57B7153'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.461944 -158.639167uuid:FB9E422B-6662-4FE6-A4D7-45364E157701YKHC Urges Pets Get Rabies Vaccines After Rabid Foxes Found2021-04-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nightmute, Alaska, United States</h3><p>April 21, 2021</p><p>Three foxes from three Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities have tested positive for rabies in recent weeks.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/AFAD9F3B-CBD5-4C68-8F80-CB06D5FE8A4E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/FB9E422B-6662-4FE6-A4D7-45364E157701'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.47944 -164.72389uuid:643F1688-AF06-4873-96CA-AD267B3D99CERecord Warm Water Likely Gave Kuskokwim Salmon Heart Attacks2019-07-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Akiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 12, 2019</p><p>As record high temperatures swept Alaska, many people said that the heat was killing them. For Kuskokwim salmon, it was actually true. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/5E3D9C43-D2BC-42EE-A0C0-D849EAEB654C'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/643F1688-AF06-4873-96CA-AD267B3D99CE'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.91222 -161.21389uuid:79557869-58D7-40C2-89AD-58573888538FWarm, dry weather expected to spread wildfires burning in upper Kuskokwim River region2022-06-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Sleetmute, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 21, 2022</p><p>The state has established a fire response hub in Aniak to issue supplies to the surrounding fires.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/640DCB1B-D44B-4F05-9A40-5FAD7482A7EC'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/79557869-58D7-40C2-89AD-58573888538F'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.7025 -157.16972uuid:A43E0075-20FF-4B15-A53B-0106902E2665Flooding In Bethel's Hangar Lake and Alligator Acres Neighborhoods, And In Kwethluk2020-05-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kwethluk, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 7, 2020</p><p>Most Kuskokwim River communities have escaped heavy flooding so far, but not Kwethluk. Social media photos show water rising high and completely covering</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/9A09CF63-F9CD-4C76-AA63-9A7212AECBE1'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/A43E0075-20FF-4B15-A53B-0106902E2665'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.81222 -161.43583uuid:59524521-F037-4284-A637-92F42FB131D6Mulchatna Caribou Hunt Closing On Federal Lands Amid Steep Population Decline 2019-12-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 31, 2019</p><p>Midnight on Dec. 31 brings the close of 2019 and also the close of the hunting season for Mulchatna Caribou on federal lands. The federal season,</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/EB3AB52A-BE34-4DB5-8B57-2CA186421636'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/59524521-F037-4284-A637-92F42FB131D6'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:17B2157D-EDE3-40D9-8EFB-CE36F0A2170C"Napaimute Wave" Of High Water Heading Down Kuskokwim River2020-05-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 6, 2020</p><p>Break up continues on the Kuskokwim River. Napaskiak resident and river observer Earl Samuelson has been tracking the ice and water levels on the Kuskokwim</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/6E1336C1-2397-4802-A61E-E15A550E9E2B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/17B2157D-EDE3-40D9-8EFB-CE36F0A2170C'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:C3480FC7-CE74-4BAF-A413-8DF6F7AAD7BENWS Warns Kusko Communities To Prepare For Flooding2020-05-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Akiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 1, 2020</p><p>An ice jam is holding downstream of Napaimute, flooding the seasonal village. At Aniak, the ice is shifting, according to Aniak resident Dave Cannon.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/00B6AD65-E63B-4D10-9DA1-B5F86F542BC4'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C3480FC7-CE74-4BAF-A413-8DF6F7AAD7BE'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.91222 -161.21389uuid:461C7B22-4827-403C-AD7A-4DEF38703DBDHunt opens for musk ox stranded on ice floes 2021-05-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Mekoryuk, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 14, 2021</p><p>The musk ox were stranded on the ice floes after wandering onto the sea ice during breakup.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/8E0CBB99-C02D-4BC2-BD2C-2EB81DEE7F67'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/461C7B22-4827-403C-AD7A-4DEF38703DBD'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.38806 -166.185uuid:DB80910B-168A-4B85-88CF-091B188C8BE7Warmer Water Means More Parasites In Kuskokwim Salmon2019-07-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 6, 2019</p><p>Subsistence families along the Kuskokwim River are cutting open fish to find white balls or white streaks deforming the meat. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/1DBB4797-3B91-482D-B7F4-699B4D7B4C07'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/DB80910B-168A-4B85-88CF-091B188C8BE7'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:2F3066FC-CF32-421C-A2D0-56121575BD54Drying Fish And Having Trouble With Flies? A Local Biologist Wants To Help.2018-07-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 11, 2018</p><p>As fishing restrictions push salmon harvests on the Kuskokwim River later into the wet part of summer, families are seeking new ways to dry their fish and keep bugs away.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/59C519E8-FAAC-43BE-A52D-3DA6823ED6DA'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/2F3066FC-CF32-421C-A2D0-56121575BD54'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.7922 -161.7558uuid:46BF1E7D-37C8-4C45-8ECD-8DCCC654EC90Ice Road Open, At Least For Now2021-01-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T07:20:09ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Tuluksak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>January 21, 2021</p><p>After heavy snowfall on Jan. 19, the ice road from Bethel to Tuluksak has been plowed and is open for use. Napaimute Traditional Council’s Mark Leary, who</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/43C8BFA2-3157-4CF3-AD91-24A6448D9A31'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/46BF1E7D-37C8-4C45-8ECD-8DCCC654EC90'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.1025 -160.96167