Near Sitka

	Invertebrates	10
	Plants / Kelp	8
	Fish	6
	Land	6
	Birds	5
	Death / Die-off / Decline	5
	Land Mammals	5
	Ocean / Sea	5
	Unusual Range / Sighting	5
	Weather	5
	Insects	4
	Safety	4
	Marine Mammals	4
	Landslide / Avalanche	3
	Transportation	3
	Unusual Animal Behavior	2
	Extreme Precipitation	2
	Fisheries	2
	Food Security	2
	Human Health	2
	Infestation	2
	Pets	2
	Unusual Size / Abundance	1
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	1
	Drought	1
	Extreme Temperature	1
	Flooding / Draining	1
	Forestry	1
	Harvest Change	1
	Buildings	1
	Parasite	1
	Pollution	1
	Seasonal Timing	1
	Ice / Snow Change	1

	Summer	16
	Fall	11
	Spring	11
	Winter	5

	January	2
	February	3
	March	6
	April	3
	May	2
	June	8
	July	7
	August	1
	September	6
	October	3
	November	3

	2024	2
	2023	1
	2022	3
	2021	4
	2020	2
	2019	3
	2018	7
	2017	9
	2016	5
	2015	3
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Two Bears Are Shot In Building on HPR

Climate Change Linked to Berry Declines

Scientists say Tongass trees could bounce back from budworm infestation

Southeast Alaska’s budworm infestation is still going, and they seem to be moving on to spruce trees

Crews work to contain fuel spill after tugboat runs aground north of Sitka

Landslide briefly blocks access to hydro dam after record rainfall in Sitka

An invasive parasite is taking over Alaska blue mud shrimp. Researchers want to kill it.

Skier survives avalanche in the crater of Mt. Edgecumbe near Sitka

Sitka team conducts first humpback whale necropsy in 5 years

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) sighted in Sitka

Search underway for bear following ‘predatory’ attack on a neighborhood dog in Sitka

A pair of stranded killer whales (and a sick sea lion) has biologists looking for answers

Bears try to move in, Angoon sets boundaries

3 more gray whale carcasses found in Alaska amid spike in deaths along West Coast

Early Reports of Black and Brown Bear

Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) Sighting

Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) North of Usual Range

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

After 3 days, ‘stressed’ sea lion that ventured into Sitka can’t find its way back to the ocean

Black meat from a Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

As Sitkans wait for roe, news of sickness from herring eggs in Canada

Alaska Board of Fisheries navigates ‘uncharted territory’ for Southeast’s king salmon

No injuries in Sitka Labor Day landslide

Scientists find strange sea creatures in Alaska for the first time

Scientist says hatchery strays could threaten wild fish populations

Tiny California Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus californicus)

Jellied sea creatures confound scientists, fishermen on U.S. Pacific Coast

Sitka considers code changes in landslide zones

Sitka-based trooper kills brown bear chasing his dog

Two-Spot Keyhole Limpet (Fissurellidea bimaculata)

Archaeologists say they've found the campsite used by survivors of legendary 'doomed' ship

European Black Slug

Early Ripe Blueberries (Vaccinium ovalifolium)

Thousands of Velella (by-the-wind sailors) Washed Up In Southeast AK

Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis) in Full Bloom

Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis) Blooming In February

Starfish Wasting Disease

Atka Mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) Reeled-in

Early Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) Blossoms

Landslide destroys Starrigavan restoration projects

Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) Sighting

Spotted Tussock (Lophocampa maculata) Moth Caterpillars

Spruce Aphid (Elatobium abietinum) Infestation

Jumbo squid is captured in unfamiliar waters

New Invasive Species Detected in Alaska