Drought and high temperatures have dried the creek and caused thousands of pink salmon and Dolly Varden to die before they could spawn. The event raises questions about vulnerability of area salmon streams to climate change, and for local residents food security.

Swimming moose dies

Scientists first caught on to the strange event when they found thousands of purple sea urchins and other organisms dead in their laboratory tanks.

2/20/15 Needle fish die-off - Kongiganak, Alaska, USA