"Our roads are slippery when there would be snow to where the children were out with their sled. Planes never cancelled as much as this year to where the flights were backed up to 3 or 4 days. Lately, we've been seeing grasses regrowing after it warms up out there."

Unusually warm temperatures for an extended period this winter has affected the ability to travel because the river isn't freezing over.

This is the second year in a row that people from Chuathbaluk are able to use boats (skiffs) on the Kuskokwim River in November.

The past couple years have been warmer than normal contributing to where the river is still flowing ice and with some of the plants still green.