Ripe blueberries (Vaccinium ovalifolium) in early June?

Unknown purple plant species.

Early Ripe Blueberries (Vaccinium ovalifolium)

Very early berries this year.

Early Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Low water, warm temperatures and our seasonal waterfowl population are factors we think are contributing to the unprecedented algae and weed growth in the lake at the the Alaska Native Health Campus.

Slimy Algae on beach

Some tourists have canceled summer trips and lawmakers on Tobago have termed the sargassum invasion a “natural disaster.”

Algal blooms threaten the economies of the globe’s most tourism dependent nations, scuttle holidays plans and give climate scientists more to worry about

A species of invasive seaweed is becoming very abundant and displacing native species.

Unusual plant has red buds

Elodea, an aggressive invasive plant, was discovered this month in the lake used by hundreds of floatplanes, raising fears that it will be spread to multiple sites within flying reach.

There were lightning strike-caused fires at Paul's Creek and Coffee Creek north of King Salmon, AK.

Sockeye wildfire at mile post 77 of the George Parks Highway near Willow.

There seems to be an unbelievable bumper crop of spruce cones both in trees and on lawns this spring. Their abundance has been quite a topic of conversation, at least in my circles. It is coneucopia!

Crooked Island, 25 Miles south of Togiak. Remnants of blackberries.

08-17-14 Abundant bees - Eagle River, Alaska, USA

Abundance of Fireweed on Popof Island

7-14-14 Yellow flowers genus Arnica - Togiak, Alaska, USA