LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-29T01:46:53Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:48A0F9AE-48DB-4FD0-B7A6-B1FCEF2D1F70It Takes A Lot Of Help To Plow The Longest Ice Road Ever 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Sleetmute, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 20, 2020</p><p>The ice road on the frozen Kuskokwim River has been plowed to its longest length ever: 355 miles. That’s longer than most traditional highways in the state.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C484B7BC-D980-426A-8740-4D7C9B8295C2'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/48A0F9AE-48DB-4FD0-B7A6-B1FCEF2D1F70'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.7025 -157.16972uuid:ABDD937E-2CEA-44D7-B01F-D5460921682CNapakiak Erosion Worsens After Spring Storms2019-05-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Napakiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 14, 2019</p><p>Napakiak doesn’t have a boat landing anymore. Storms over the past week ate huge chunks from the Kuskokwim riverbank close to the city school and fuel</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/1AF0E21B-6306-424A-9A9F-D9C183F8B1C5'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/ABDD937E-2CEA-44D7-B01F-D5460921682C'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.69667 -161.95194uuid:900AAC39-C447-4056-B158-C493C6125B52Nunapitchuk Flood Worst In Years2020-05-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nunapitchuk, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 12, 2020</p><p>While many communities along the Kuskokwim River escaped major flooding, one small village is still seeing high water.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/FB09DFF8-4301-4D61-ABBE-7E4A918F5E1E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/900AAC39-C447-4056-B158-C493C6125B52'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.89694 -162.45944uuid:BCB89F00-D9F4-4940-BA0F-F200E57B7153Kuskokwim River Too Rough For Travelers In Upper Kuskokwim Area2020-02-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Napaimute, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 11, 2020</p><p>The river is so rough in the Upper Kuskokwim area that it is impassable to vehicle and snow machine traffic. Big boulders of snow-covered ice are scattered across the river caused by high water and a late freeze up.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/864CD207-C02D-4D43-8CB2-2C9627CCEDBA'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/BCB89F00-D9F4-4940-BA0F-F200E57B7153'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.461944 -158.639167uuid:D38AA5F2-6507-4560-9A6D-6640C81B5B1C'Stay off the ice' BSAR warns as two die from four-wheelers falling through ice 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>April 1, 2019</p><p>Two four-wheelers carrying five men leaving Bethel broke through needle ice on the upper end of Church Slough on Sunday night. Two of the men died, while three others were treated for hypothermia in Bethel.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/1ED03369-D389-4550-B935-23A65E9DFCA3'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/D38AA5F2-6507-4560-9A6D-6640C81B5B1C'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.8025650127695 -161.577733610175uuid:A43E0075-20FF-4B15-A53B-0106902E2665Flooding In Bethel's Hangar Lake and Alligator Acres Neighborhoods, And In Kwethluk2020-05-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kwethluk, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 7, 2020</p><p>Most Kuskokwim River communities have escaped heavy flooding so far, but not Kwethluk. Social media photos show water rising high and completely covering</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/9A09CF63-F9CD-4C76-AA63-9A7212AECBE1'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/A43E0075-20FF-4B15-A53B-0106902E2665'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.81222 -161.43583uuid:AF0ED91F-F01B-4732-A957-F28ED2918C50Winter storms flood houses in Nunapitchuk and Kotlik 2019-03-04T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kotlik, Alaska, United States</h3><p>March 4, 2019</p><p>Storms battered the southern Bering Sea and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta last month. February storms aren’t unusual, but the amount of rain and flooding is. The combination caused a lot of damage for two communities in the region.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/6131A2A5-52E9-457E-B913-3AF39C540E8E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/AF0ED91F-F01B-4732-A957-F28ED2918C50'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.03417 -163.55333uuid:B5F7E786-2AA8-46DB-8353-D7809F11603CHeat Wave Hits Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta2019-07-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Chevak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 10, 2019</p><p>People living in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta felt something unusual this past holiday weekend: a heat wave. Temperatures crept close to 90 degrees in many parts of the region.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7A5F7DDE-C148-4DA5-B5E7-5C47A8452801'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B5F7E786-2AA8-46DB-8353-D7809F11603C'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.52778 -165.58639uuid:FE6AE4D6-A461-4425-B5FB-5AD190B7229FStay Off Straight Slough; Four Open Holes Near Bethel2019-12-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 11, 2019</p><p>Travelers need to stay off Straight Slough, which flows into the main Kuskokwim River near Bethel. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/99F6E7D8-80F2-429A-9ED9-16C6A5507838'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/FE6AE4D6-A461-4425-B5FB-5AD190B7229F'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:335ADD83-1211-4A4F-8D14-2F0A85B903E1Drivers Need To Stick To Marked Trails On Lower Kuskokwim River2018-12-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Oscarville, Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 19, 2018</p><p>Drivers need to stick to marked trails on the Lower Kuskokwim River, according to the latest update from Bethel Search and Rescue’s Earl Samuelson. There is a spot in front of Oscarville that has only 9 inches of ice, which Samuelson says is too thin to drive a truck on. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F751C510-1B42-4D31-B267-A9AE2768ED37'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/335ADD83-1211-4A4F-8D14-2F0A85B903E1'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.72278 -161.77uuid:C7837B42-A319-4152-A9AD-E1F8A6538B89Winter Storm Batters Western Alaska Coast, Taking Out Power And Sea Ice2019-11-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 25, 2019</p><p>A big winter storm came in from the Bering Sea and battered the Western Alaska coast from the evening of Nov. 25 through Nov. 26. Some communities, like Hooper Bay, have reported flooding. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/418C9D63-58D5-4FB5-852A-D054DE2AA7BF'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C7837B42-A319-4152-A9AD-E1F8A6538B89'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.53111 -166.09667uuid:B5C83C30-CE20-474D-A344-7F84FF77125BIn Western Alaska, there's water where there should be ice2018-02-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Diomede, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 26, 2018</p><p>Last week, social media across Western Alaska lit up as residents posted photos and videos of open water where, normally, there's ice.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0BB2DBEF-D6CE-45F6-82C4-665DD6F23C05'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B5C83C30-CE20-474D-A344-7F84FF77125B'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.7581 -168.952uuid:EE06DF23-7A39-41AA-AF31-7EF5BEF13B08High temperatures in Utqiaġvik confuse NOAA algorithm2017-12-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 15, 2017</p><p>This November in Utqiaġvik was the hottest on record, averaging 17.2°F. It was so warm that NOAA's quality control algorithms flagged the data. “When we look out on the ocean right now we see a few icebergs,” Thomas said. “Normally we would see white to the horizon in the past, and in this case we’re seeing dark water to the horizon.”</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/139A85BF-0E39-4D9A-9404-1BB440E5155F'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/EE06DF23-7A39-41AA-AF31-7EF5BEF13B08'>Read more...</a></p></div>71.2906 -156.7886uuid:2DC98292-3881-4D32-9941-69938FB9C16DAsk a Climatologist: Snow melt around the state is right on schedule2018-04-04T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>April 4, 2018</p><p>An early melt-out date can make for an especially bad wildfire season, but this year, it’s right on schedule for much of the state. Listen now</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F7BFDB81-F395-4898-9978-A6EAEC1A3BF8'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/2DC98292-3881-4D32-9941-69938FB9C16D'>Read more...</a></p></div>0 0uuid:82B68BC9-3EBA-4DA9-8153-5B2B869F6A85Scientists don't know why ice seals are appearing in ice-free Unalaska2018-03-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Unalaska, Alaska, United States</h3><p>March 6, 2018</p><p>There are plenty of seals in Unalaska, but ringed seals -- who make their homes on the ice -- are rare.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/E060C2DE-92EB-4A55-B008-0BFA635F26D0'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/82B68BC9-3EBA-4DA9-8153-5B2B869F6A85'>Read more...</a></p></div>53.8723 -166.5272uuid:844A7377-D45A-42C3-AD1B-1DCB0AC36F8BTiny insects ate the needles off a half million acres of Tongass hemlocks. Most of the trees will be fine.2021-06-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Juneau, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 11, 2021</p><p>Dead crowns in the canopy and rusty-colored branches are woven in with the otherwise healthy, green temperate rainforest. About a third of the trees around here were hit by the voracious sawfly. The larvae get mistaken for caterpillars. Adults are a kind of non-stinging wasp, a little smaller than a pinky finger.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/61CB2E11-26FC-4801-9AAC-4C46308CBBAB'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/844A7377-D45A-42C3-AD1B-1DCB0AC36F8B'>Read more...</a></p></div>58.30194 -134.41972uuid:38D51E61-96D9-4C0D-B948-31368A7EF3A8Murre colonies struggle to reproduce following die-off2017-05-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Unalaska, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 11, 2017</p><p>While reproductive failure is common for some species like black-legged kittiwakes, it isn’t for murres. In some places less than one percent of the chicks survived.
</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/14A59C28-8A62-4212-9C39-6C0A49467E3E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/38D51E61-96D9-4C0D-B948-31368A7EF3A8'>Read more...</a></p></div>53.87361 -166.53667uuid:AD746433-397A-4F36-8BC9-7BD951879712Steller Watch lets anyone with internet access play wildlife biologist2017-03-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Unalaska, Alaska, United States</h3><p>March 15, 2017</p><p>Scientists are trying out crowdsourcing to comb through pictures looking for sea lions.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/BF76A17E-52FA-4380-BDA7-50F1D9104EAC'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/AD746433-397A-4F36-8BC9-7BD951879712'>Read more...</a></p></div>53.87361 -166.53667uuid:20EDAD80-7D66-4BAD-9B3B-AEF29A875F67Cleanup indicates Valdez spill bigger than initially thought2017-09-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Valdez, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 25, 2017</p><p>According to Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, approximately 400 gallons of an oily water mix had been recovered from the Port of Valdez as of Saturday night.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/map/locationtile/20EDAD80-7D66-4BAD-9B3B-AEF29A875F67'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/20EDAD80-7D66-4BAD-9B3B-AEF29A875F67'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.0881765724211 -146.394195556641uuid:91E0F712-DDDF-4975-AF8A-E7957363F335Coast Guard responds to tar-like substance spill on Utqiagvik beach2021-06-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T01:46:53ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 25, 2021</p><p>Officials are still examining the substance in a lab to determine what it is, but DEC suspects it’s black tar or asphalt.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/6C24260C-153D-4841-BC0B-13D106ADBE85'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/91E0F712-DDDF-4975-AF8A-E7957363F335'>Read more...</a></p></div>71.29058 -156.78872