Salmonberry blossom seem a little early this year.

4/4/15 Increase in pike - Quinhagak, Alaska, USA

Last year, 2014, was the hottest year ever recorded on Earth. Unlike other worldwide problems from which Canadians might feel relatively safe and isolated, but Canada is actually ground zero of global climate.

Restrictions on bag limits and season length will start July 1 for both the Western Arctic and Teshekpuk herds, whose numbers are dropping. Restrictions will affect both resident and nonresident hunters.

Normally, we have so many feet of snow throughout the village and the mountains would be packed with snow.

3/24/15 Early golfing - Palmer, Alaska, USa

Early pussy willows - Anchorage, Alaska, USA

3/18/15 Early songbirds - Haines, Alaska, USA

High PSP in clams - Sand Point, Alaska, USA

The victim, identified as 28-year-old Alexander Hellweger, was part of a group of eight friends from Italy and Belgium vacationing in Alaska.

5-30-14 Unusually cold and snow - King Cove, Alaska, USA

This sea lion was seen for over an hour floating along the shore and holding one front and one back flipper in the air.

5-27-14 Early salmon berry blossoms - Toksook Bay, Alaska, USA

Fishing this spring and caught a broad whitefish that had a growth.

5-25-14 High spruce pollen McDonald Spit, Alaska, USA

Dry conditions in Southcentral Alaska have resulted in low lake levels including here on the ANTHC campus

5-19-14 Poor air quality - Anchorage Alaska, USA

Unseasonably warm, dry weather in a large section of the state set the stage for a roughly 20-acre wildfire near Palmer and kept authorities across Southcentral and Interior Alaska busy putting out backyard fires despite ongoing warnings against open burning.

Hunters noticed some herring were starting to spawn near Cape Denbigh. The herring scheduled to arrive on May 25th, are over a week early.