This map includes a selection of the observations posted to LEO Network during 2017.
Weather | 15 | ||
Ocean / Sea | 14 | ||
Surface Waters / Wetlands | 12 | ||
Fish | 9 | ||
Land | 9 | ||
Birds | 8 | ||
Plants / Kelp | 6 | ||
Invertebrates | 5 | ||
Land Mammals | 5 | ||
Marine Mammals | 4 | ||
Insects | 4 | ||
Air | 2 | ||
Amphibians | 2 | ||
Microbes | 1 | ||
Fungi | 1 |
Seasonal Timing | 14 | ||
Ice / Snow Change | 7 | ||
Unusual Range / Sighting | 2 | ||
Permafrost Change | 2 | ||
Parasite | 2 | ||
Death / Die-off / Decline | 2 | ||
Fire | 1 | ||
Unusual Animal Behavior | 1 | ||
Pathogen | 1 | ||
Rain on Snow | 1 |
Transportation | 4 | ||
Buildings | 2 | ||
Sanitation | 2 | ||
Air Quality | 1 | ||
Agriculture | 1 | ||
Livestock | 1 | ||
Food Security | 1 | ||
Human Health | 1 | ||
Energy | 1 |
Red coral observed near Port Heiden along the Bering Sea coast.
This is the second year in a row that people from Chuathbaluk are able to use boats (skiffs) on the Kuskokwim River in November.
An afterschool club have been monitoring rosehips and found this late-blooming flower.
I notice fluorescent glowing in the dark: happens to be the tomcods I caught the other day.
California sea lions are rare but occasionally show up in Southeast Alaska and have been documented in other parts of Alaska as well.
Cloudberries observed in new area around Seldovia.
Water levels are 5 feet below normal.
The creeks were so full - I bet the oxygen levels weren't so good for them though.
Funnel cloud photographed from the air while flying near Flathorn Lake
Severe permafrost thaw and erosion along Koyukuk River banks.
Identified by ADFG as skin irritation caused by moose flies, (Haematobosca alcis) bites.
We are losing coastline due to erosion and this is a sad sight to witness.
Black slugs are impacting native plants in the Chugach Forest and may be spreading elsewhere.
Emerald Ash Borer Detected in Quebec City - a larva was found under the bark of one of the 400 branches taken from municipal ash trees in 2017. "
The village of Anvik along the west bank of the Yukon River has an increase in defoliation associated with caterpillar numbers.
Coastal erosion occurring near Cape Blossom, outside of Kotzebue, Alaska.
Spotted a rat at the Kodiak Airport while doing intertidal surveys.
Summer rain affecting subsistence food preservation.
No one in Chuathbaluk has ever seen Musk-ox this far inland before.
I went to gather some yesterday and there was no water to speak of; in a pond that's has been filled with water my whole life.
Goldfish Lake near Port Heiden is on the verge of draining into the Bering Sea.
I've only heard this animal in the spring/summer.
Spotted half a dozen wood frogs crossing Roland Road, Fairbanks. Those that were run over by cars were females loaded with eggs.
Several bald eagles were observed with sores around their eyes and bills.
Coral degradation, fish species decline and an increase in jellyfish population.
Both squid were of the genus/species Onykia robusta, previously known as Moroteuthis robusta, and commonly known as the robust clubhook squid.
Harsh grazing conditions have been reported this winter due to some rainy days that have lead to ice cover on the ground.
Coastline along town had sheets of ice pushed against it, maybe 20 to 30 yards deep, this has not happened since 2012, 5 years ago.
Hundreds of northern lampfish were observed on Nahku Bay beach. The last die-off occurred in March 2011.
Sports are innovating and adapting to hold competitions even in absence of winter.
Manila Clam (Venerupis philippinarum) Die-off observed - possibly related to freezing temperatures.
Lesions on this Dolly Varden or Arctic char are most likely furuncles caused by a common bacterial pathogen called Aeromonas salmonicida.
No sea ice; hunters say it should not be like this today.
Was observed for the first time.
Hazardous driving conditions due to freezing rain.
Passenger experiences usually turbulent conditions on winter flights.