Observations and research across Alaska indicate shifting berry ripening times and unpredictable yields, with climate change as a key factor affecting these important subsistence and cultural resources.
Scientists with the U.S. Forest Service believe that the blackheaded budworm, whose numbers surged over the past three years, is now in decline.
Last summer’s unusually warm weather fueled an explosion in the western blackheaded budworm, leaving masses of browning trees in many areas of Southeast. The worm, which is the larval stage of the budworm moth, is known to feed on the new growth of trees, leaving them with a brownish-red appearance.
Early Ripe Blueberries (Vaccinium ovalifolium)
Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis) are in full bloom on Baranof Island.
Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis) Blooming in February
Salmonberry blossom seem a little early this year.
5-15-13 Spruce aphid infestation Kake, Alaska, USA
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