Drought and high temperatures have dried the creek and caused thousands of pink salmon and Dolly Varden to die before they could spawn. The event raises questions about vulnerability of area salmon streams to climate change, and for local residents food security.

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.

A salmon troller saw a leatherback turtle in the summer of 2015.

Dead seabirds found in Goodnews Bay.

Slimy Algae on beach

Majority of the red salmon went up the middle of the Klutina River and tended to weigh a pound or less.

Strange chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

Low seal numbers

Murre deaths reported along the shore of Nanwalek.

Low water on area rivers

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

Hot weather for wood frogs.

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

Bats sighted in Goodnews

Dead birds in harbor

Dead birds on beach