No one in Togiak had ever seen a fish like this before. In the photo it looks like a cross between a tad pole and a piranha! With help from ADF&G it has been identified as the smooth lumpsucker fish, found at depths of up to 1000 meters.

Swallow populations are fluctuating as the environment changes. In 2016, the Alaska Songbird Institute began studying changes in swallow populations and formed the Alaska Swallow Monitoring Network. This is an opportunity for participation for community members to participate in a structured monitoring program.

Dead or dying eggs in a female coho salmon are a possible symptom of environmental stress felt by the fish. In Western Alaska, water levels have been low following a rapid spring snowmelt and low precipitation.

A decline in caribou abundance is causing coyotes and wolves to come closer to the community of Quinhagak. When a rabid coyote attacked a local dog, it forced the village to bring in a veterinarian from outside the village - and temporarily lift the Southwest community's travel ban.

Fish in a local pond may have been washed to their new location during a recent severe rain event.

This is the 6th observation on this topic received in LEO Network from Southwest Alaska since July 22, 2019.

"I discovered possibly 43 seabirds and may have missed more on August 3, 2019, just on the southwest side and did not go further on southeast side of our beach. Not sure, maybe they died of hunger."

Thousands of dead sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) found dead along the beach during a period of warm weather. Additional salmon have been observed in the Togiak River, raising concerns about possible challenges to subsistence harvest.

Thousands of smelts were found dead during low tide in the Togiak slough. Is there an environmental cause?

Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea) found in the bay near Platinum, slightly north of usual species range.

Ross's Gulls are normally seen in the high Arctic, this is the first reported sighting in Togiak. A similar sighting was reported to LEO Network from Hooper Bay.

It is unusual for skates to wash up on the beach.

An unusual gull species (possibly Ross's gull) sighted within days of a confirmed Ross's gull sighting in Togiak.

The state's largest sac roe herring fishery got off to a windy beginning. Gusts over 30 mph posed a challenge for fishermen.

Muscle tapeworm cysts in caribou meat.

Warmer winter temperatures are bringing Arctic Ground Squirrels out of hibernation

Winds of up to 85 mph ripped up the Southwest Alaska coast on Friday, upending smokehouses, tearing electric lines and flinging a house across the road.

Drought, causing low waters in Goodnews River, no blackberries, and early cool weather.

A resident of the community was near the gravel pit when he came across a number of dead fish.

Silver salmon, caught 10 miles up the Twin Hills River, had small white patches in flesh.