Low water on area rivers

Causing muted tidal influence

6/17/15 Drought - Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Mushy meat texture, and rotten smell found in sockeye salmon and pacific halibut.

7-15-14 River erosion - Evansville, Alaska, USA

Thawing permafrost and river bank collapsed on the Cheenik Creek.

Rabbit Creek jumped its banks Friday morning on the Anchorage Hillside, washing over a bridge and prompting police to knock on doors asking people inside to evacuate.

6-8-13 Low water level - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA

6-3-13 Erosion disrupts swallows - Evansville, Alaska, USA

A normal daily river level here is about 46', so we are nearly eight (8') feet above normal.

Extremely high water on the Noatak

Fisheries Minister Gail Shea is crowing about the opportunities with the 2010 return of sockeye to the Fraser river, calling it a  banner year for Fraser River sockeye salmon. This year's return is currently set at just over 25 million fish, one of the highest returns in the last hundred years. Several fishery openings for Fraser River sockeye have already occurred in 2010 and more are planned, she said.

6-17-12 Heat wave across Interior - Galena, Alaska, USA

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Swollen with recent rains, the Matanuska River has launched another erosive assault on properties along its banks. But unlike previous years, when the river attacked properties downstream,

With a sickening thud, another hefty and handsome salmon lands in the waste barrel, headed for the dogs .