Sand dunes disappear with more frequent and powerful storms in Western Alaska. These storms have impacted bird nesting grounds and tundra plants.
The remnants of Typhoon Merbok not only battered Alaska’s west coast in September, the storm also left behind a few treasures in its wake.
The storm could have threatened the town’s winter subsistence stock if not for the work of local power plant operators.
Residents of Chevak and Hooper Bay found two species of sea bird either dead or approachable near the mouth of the Kiuqliiviq and Aprun rivers near fish camps. Residents of Hooper Bay also found a dead sea mammal on the beach.
I notice fluorescent glowing in the dark: happens to be the tomcods I caught the other day.
We are losing coastline due to erosion and this is a sad sight to witness.
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