A recent study estimates permafrost coverage on the peninsula has decreased by 60 percent since 1950. Permafrost is usually associated with Northern and Interior Alaska, but it also occurs in isolated pockets in wetlands on the Kenai Peninsula.
Hazardous driving conditions due to freezing rain.
Kachemak Bay has witnessed massive die-offs of sea stars, murres and razor clams. Whats going on?
Died on beach.
Saltwater fishery officials are reporting a resurgence of a mysterious condition that's bound to turn the stomachs of anglers -- mushy halibut syndrome. Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Barbi Failor said the department is receiving more reports of mushy fish caught by sport fishermen all over Cook Inlet.
But at least there is a stream...
Washing ashore from Kachemak Bay
Marine Mammal
An Eight-spotted Langson's (Fabricius, 1775) or Langson's Forester Couper observed lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska.
The rivers on the Kenai Peninsula are shucking their ice much sooner in the past few years than they have in decades, some flowing freely as early as
Communities on the southern coastline of Kenai Peninsula have noticed changes to trees as a result of the aphid.
The Department of Fish and Game plans to trap a flock of birds not native to Alaska that is trying to move in. The agency says starlings could cause big problems for humans and other birds native to the area. They want to get rid of the flock before their numbers grow.
Sea bird mortality observed on southeast end of Homer Spit
Polystyrene debris on beaches
Drought and high temperatures have dried the creek and caused thousands of pink salmon and Dolly Varden to die before they could spawn. The event raises questions about vulnerability of area salmon streams to climate change, and for local residents food security.
Dead birds on beach
Near MacDonald Spit, southern end of the Kenai Peninsula.
Sablefish an unusual catch
9-2-14 Caterpillar with reddish tail - Tyonek, Alaska, USA
7-10-14 Stranded sea otter - McDonald Spit, Alaska, USA
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