The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency order Wednesday closing the personal-use and sport fishing for Copper River sockeye around Chitina until further notice. It goes into effect on Monday, June 18th.
Biologists blame the Blob of warm water in the Gulf of Alaska for poor sockeye returns that also led to the second lowest commercial harvest in 50 years.
The lodge at above 3,000 feet altitude on the Glenn Highway measured 6 to 8 inches of snow as of Monday morning -- and it was still falling.
Summer slowly arrived in Alaska this month, but if you live in Glennallen, you may be having very different emotions regarding June weather.
Reddish growth on rosehip leaves
The leaves, in general, don't look too healthy. They seem to lack vitality and are shriveled in many places.
Decades have passed and ponds are drying up.
Bumblebees (bombus polaris), moths, butterflies, mosquitoes (Culicidae) and gnats (Nematocera) are still here.
Land Mammal
A mountain lion is robbing the tribal fish wheel in Tazlina. There have been several sightings in recent years.
Unseasonably warm in Chistochina.
Pussy willows (Salix scouleriana) - a sign of spring in Interior Alaska.
Wayward Murre
Appears to be smothering all aquatic plant life.
Chistochina River change
Majority of the red salmon went up the middle of the Klutina River and tended to weigh a pound or less.
5.21-15 Insect die-off - Chistochina, Alaska, USA
Mount Sanford has been losing its ice cover for decades around its base.
Non-sting wasp (cynipoidea) larva
Wind fall trees an obstacle
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