Several communities in the Norton Sound are struggling with contaminated drinking water days after the significant September storm hit the region.
This walrus was found by a local fisherman and reported by LEO Network to the US Fish and Wildlife Walrus Hotline. The carcass is thought to be too old for necropsy or sample collection.
An unusual growth was found in a snow goose (Anser caerulescens) while it was being butchered. The growth may be related to a previous injury or illness that the bird healed from.
Commercial and Subsistence Harvest
Warm weather has made for unsafe traveling conditions, including a snowmachine race.
11-13-14 Unseasonable warm - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA
1-26-14 Ice disrupts subsistence - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA
1-20-14 Snow then rain - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA
10-24-13 Warm weather delays subsistence - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA
Lack of sea ice affects seal hunting.
Sea ice conditions making it difficult for community to harvest seasonal fish.
Seal with hair loss observed in Bering Strait region
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