Noatak has lost 19' of river bank since May 19th. Now the road to the community gravel source is failing.

A fisherman was coming home from fishing last night and noticed (what he thought was) a coffin sticking out of the old gravesite above one of the markers I used to measure erosion with last summer. It turned out to not be a coffin, but rather an old air duct or metal meat trailer.

Unusual high water all summer in Noatak, causing massive erosion towards the airport and old buried landfill, exposing old trash into the river.

High water in the Noatak River causes erosion near the old dump site.

A few years ago, people had to cover up parts of the burial site that were becoming exposed.