A lack of snow in Finland's far north has disappointed tourists and snowmobile safari operators alike.

The PwC Tremblant World Cup was cancelled due to warm weather, preventing the production of suitable snow conditions for the event.

Fish and Game issued sport and commercial closures for coho fishing beginning in late summer across the entire Susitna River drainage, northern Cook Inlet and Anchorage. There were also restrictions placed on Kenai Peninsula rivers and streams including the Kenai, Kasilof and the lower Cook Inlet systems. Just last week, on the Kenai River, managers removed the option of sport fishing with bait and reduced the bag limit to one coho.