Unusual Spider?

Farmer's concerned about crops.

saltwater - freshwater "halocline" an interesting natural phenomena

Blueberries are ripe early!

Tall Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)

Early and abundant salmonberries (Rubus chamaemorus)

Weeks earlier than normal.

Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) are Ripe

Early hay crop harvest

Year of the Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)

Plants

Dove in Cottonwood Tree

Marine Mammal

Loads of Yellow Jackets (Vespidae)

Fish

Land Mammal

Unknown bug

When temperatures are warm enough, it's a time many Alaskans take their families out swimming. Sometimes the fun comes along with an annoying rash known as 'Swimmer's Itch.'