"River is running bank full with all gravel bars and low islands underwater."
My colleague who has been doing this work for over 35 years indicated that he has never experienced that many ticks.
Thousands of euphausiid shrimp, the species identified here in Resurrection Bay as Thysanoessa spinifera. were washed into the intertidal zone and on the beach near Whittier
Coonstripe shrimp (Pandalus hypsinotis) can be found at a depth of 30-300 feet in Norton Sound. During a strong storm, some washed up on a beach north of their known range.
Mosquito populations may be down, but the gnats, no-see-ums, white sox and several other unidentified bugs were relentless.
The Hemlock Looper Moth outbreak is said to last between 3-4 years and now coincides with an outbreak of Phantom Hemlock Looper which saw its last outbreak more than a decade ago.
Invasive pigeons have made their way out of Alaska's large cities to fish camps on the west side of Cook Inlet.
Early snowmelt and low precipitation have led to low river water levels on the southern Seward Peninsula. Low water levels may be a contributing factor in observations of poor fishing, and poor fish health, along the western coast of Alaska.
Early snowmelt and low rainfall contributed to low river levels near Nome, affecting the ability of residents to reach usual fishing spots.
Unusually large cone crops may be the result of favorable variations in weather across several years.
We are seeing these little flies every outdoors. I don’t recall them like this in the past.
The North Pacific Humpback whale population has increased, and sightings are becoming more common.
Mosquito populations have decreased in some areas, perhaps due to changes in the surrounding vegetation or weather.
I have lived along Epsom Drive, between Cedar Hill Golf course and Cedar Hill Road for 22 years. I have seen a common wall lizard once, in late spring of 2020 at our address.
In 2020, contamination of the community water well by cyanobacteria caused the community to evacuate for 26 days. How the well was contaminated is unknown.
Highbush cranberries benefited from unusually warm, sunny conditions.
A large group of dead northern sea nettles (Chrysaora melanaster) found near the shore in Kasitsna Bay.
River otters (Lutra canadensis) observed in a lake that typically is home to beavers.
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