The storm event on October 21st brought an invasion of jellyfish to flooded areas. Eating jellyfishis thought to have resulted in one dog fatality, raising concerns for pet owners across Kotzebue.

A record storm caused extensive flooding in Kotzebue, Alaska, submerging the town and prompting community concern and relief efforts.

High water throughout the summer continues to erode the river bank.

An unusual visitor showed up in King Cove in late November. Shankell Mack was able to get a picture. The great egret is rare sighting anywhere in Alaska.

Elodea found on and near Eielson Airforce Base

The Merbok storm of 2022 impacted the Old Russian Cemetery in Saint Michael. This cemetery was created in the 1830s when the northernmost outpost of the Russian American Company was established in that village. People were interred in that cemetery for about 100 years. The cemetery is on a 30 foot high bluff overlooking the bay.

Out commercial fishing on the water in the inter Kotzebue Sound the weather was calm and there were miles and miles of a strange floating orange layer on the surface.

While subsistence salmon fishing, community members from Port Heiden found a skate in the net, which is unusual for them.

Black oystercatchers have returned to Nanwalek, Alaska, and three eggs have been spotted on the beach.

It has been some years since we have had a long storm. March 6 marks the 3rd day and there have been no jets or small planes flying.

An image of a swollen leg on this caribou raises questions that it may be a case of brucellosis.

"The event occurred on June 29th, on our native allotment near Kotzebue (Illivak). We left home in the morning and when we came back around 8:00 PM in the evening the whole lake had drained! It looked like it was blown up with dynamite."

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.

11-1-12 Late salmon run - Fort Yukon, Alaska, USA

Dead walrus observed while assessing for coastal erosion.

Ducks were fly north along shoreline of Kivalina

Black bear found dead along lake trail.

Unusual webs spread across vegetation is likely related to a mass ballooning event, where spiders launched themselves in the air using the Earths magnetic charge and the wind.