LEO Network - Search Resultshttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net2024-03-29T11:26:04Zhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/Images/logo.pnguuid:4E5C0143-68BA-4D86-B49C-AB8A686E83F2Mystery invertebrate in a red crab2024-02-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nome, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 13, 2024</p><p>A crab was caught on the ice just offshore in Nome. It had a small invertebrate in the gills of the crab.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/7FECC117-2BA7-4502-AE88-257B78EE2B3B'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/4E5C0143-68BA-4D86-B49C-AB8A686E83F2'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.5106431684668 -165.432303909707uuid:BD38B673-1881-482B-9EB8-EB1C76F2ECAAFirst deer with Chronic Wasting Disease found in B.C 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>February 1, 2024</p><p>The first known cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in British Columbia have been discovered in two deer in the Kootenays. Officials have been keeping an eye on the southeastern area of B.C. for some time, as nearby outbreaks have occurred in Alberta, Montana and Idaho. The two recent positive samples came from an area south of Cranbrook.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/C5521E44-003E-4854-B085-2A29753AE8F3'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/BD38B673-1881-482B-9EB8-EB1C76F2ECAA'>Read more...</a></p></div>49.49991 -115.76879uuid:EB6447D1-D893-4108-A572-A197BA6425B9'You just want to give up': Pond Inlet hunter swam to qamutik after snowmobile sank through ice2023-12-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada</h3><p>December 27, 2023</p><p>A young Nunavummiut hunter, who's known for providing country food to his community, fell through the ice in late December on a snowmobile route he'd safely traveled just weeks before.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/2A5B1960-12F2-43EF-8579-C9E434CDACE2'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/EB6447D1-D893-4108-A572-A197BA6425B9'>Read more...</a></p></div>72.7 -77.9611111111111uuid:72E9A524-7215-454E-8229-E1CCD7D3797DA whale the size of an airplane was harvested by hunters in the Chukotka2023-11-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Lorino, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia</h3><p>November 23, 2023</p><p>The Lorino community caught the first bowhead whale in five years.To pull the giant over 17 meters long ashore, all the heavy equipment of the village was needed. According to hunters, this is the third “greenlander” caught in the entire history of the community.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/93E992ED-4435-4EBD-9DE8-9C9F285D0805'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/72E9A524-7215-454E-8229-E1CCD7D3797D'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.50331 -171.70396uuid:EC3FAB7C-19C7-48B5-B06E-9707D7D2F81FCaribou arrive in the Northwest Arctic region2023-11-22T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kotzebue, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 22, 2023</p><p>The Western Arctic Caribou Herd has been declining for years, and the migration patterns of the animals have been changing. In several locations in Northwest Alaska, caribou have been arriving later and later in the season. Friday last week, people in Kotzebue finally started seeing caribou — hundreds of them ― crossing the Kotzebue Sound north of town, coming from the Noatak riverside. Ice conditions are one of the reasons for the caribou’s late migration, said Thomas Baker, chair of the Northwest Arctic Subsistence Regional Advisory Council.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/AFFDEF40-29F2-4096-9110-F3EBE9C0B32D'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/EC3FAB7C-19C7-48B5-B06E-9707D7D2F81F'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.89846 -162.59809uuid:EB289216-8B35-4059-8154-F5867F1E4046Absence of Tomcods2023-10-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kivalina, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 31, 2023</p><p>Erratic temperatures led to the absence of tomcods, severely affecting local fishing.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/E75704C6-70A8-4C45-9FAE-4D9B873D8D7A'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/EB289216-8B35-4059-8154-F5867F1E4046'>Read more...</a></p></div>67.7573944444444 -164.615158333333uuid:23116047-81B1-4EEE-B696-77866015FD94Hunters report record harvest for Central Southeast moose hunt2023-10-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kupreanof, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 26, 2023</p><p>Hunters in Central Southeast Alaska have reported a record harvest of 141 bulls during the month-long moose hunt, surpassing the previous record of 132 bulls set in 2021, with the majority of the harvest occurring on Kupreanof Island. A couple decades ago, there were very few of them in the region — and the hunt was almost entirely relegated to the mainland. But over the years, he said he’s seen more moose cropping up on remote islands.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/2D175E31-A620-4044-A4C6-42A148731F8D'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/23116047-81B1-4EEE-B696-77866015FD94'>Read more...</a></p></div>56.81444 -132.98056uuid:7D126655-0213-439A-96FD-34A1A74A64BELater frosts could make new crops possible in Alaska, but climate change brings challenges, too2023-10-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Fairbanks, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 25, 2023</p><p>Shifting seasons and hotter temperatures could allow Alaska farmers to grow more abundant and diverse produce. But climate change can also bring drought, pests and permafrost thaw. Human-caused climate change is bringing longer and warmer growing seasons, but also pests and unstable weather.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/4218D92A-7749-4EAB-874C-880804F350E5'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/7D126655-0213-439A-96FD-34A1A74A64BE'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.83778 -147.71639uuid:090F93B2-FB98-47F9-8CB8-BE5546B95B20Avian flu detected on poultry farm in Chilliwack, B.C. 2023-10-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>October 23, 2023</p><p>The H5N1 strain of avian flu has been detected on a poultry farm in Chilliwack, British Columbia, marking the first confirmed case in the province this fall and prompting increased precautions among poultry farmers.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/CC1B4FE0-FBA3-49FA-9C15-16397D5823B0'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/090F93B2-FB98-47F9-8CB8-BE5546B95B20'>Read more...</a></p></div>49.16638 -121.95257uuid:4FB3E4CD-D380-4446-A7DE-3B0BBF8FCEF9Highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed in Pocahontas and Guthrie counties: No public health concern, says CDC2023-10-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Iowa, United States</h3><p>October 23, 2023</p><p>Two cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) have been confirmed in Pocahontas and Guthrie counties in Iowa, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that there is no public health concern.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/F7ED2DD6-EAE0-416E-A42C-CAC9A26C085D'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/4FB3E4CD-D380-4446-A7DE-3B0BBF8FCEF9'>Read more...</a></p></div>42.0869507820775 -93.4967816941637uuid:C0BBBFE2-07B2-47E3-8EA2-44BB83741A3DSeveral hundred reindeer drowned in Porsanger2023-10-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Skáiddejávri in Porsanger, Norway</h3><p>October 21, 2023</p><p>Several hundred reindeer drowned in Porsanger during their migration from summer to winter pastures, causing significant loss for the district and prompting the local government to offer crisis support to affected reindeer owners.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/6EBECFAC-AF6C-49D0-AF56-C8E91D44C6B8'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/C0BBBFE2-07B2-47E3-8EA2-44BB83741A3D'>Read more...</a></p></div>70.2710448498387 24.6475362862106uuid:8593D1B7-E6A6-47F0-B927-4829333C5B8FIce that survived Arctic summer hits low, with implications for traditional harvesting and shipping 2023-10-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada</h3><p>October 18, 2023</p><p>David Kuptana, an elder and full-time harvester said ice should be forming around his home on Victoria Island this time of year — but instead, temperatures have been hovering around zero and it's been raining. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/0D6F0E29-CB62-4B26-83D5-09A0EA2CFC4E'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/8593D1B7-E6A6-47F0-B927-4829333C5B8F'>Read more...</a></p></div>70.7366666666667 -117.771944444444uuid:63E48C1B-67F6-42AC-9C0B-C64A414E0B12Scientists observe chum salmon spawning in North Slope rivers2023-10-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Colville River, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 10, 2023</p><p>Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have observed an increase in chum salmon spawning in North Slope rivers, potentially indicating a shift in their population and a signal of climate change. Elizabeth Lindley, a Ph.D. student working on the project, says that while evidence of spawning in a new region may be a positive for salmon, the impact on important subsistence resources including Arctic char and Dolly Varden is uncertain.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/C3F9F054-BEFC-4812-BC75-6EDB99E73FEB'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/63E48C1B-67F6-42AC-9C0B-C64A414E0B12'>Read more...</a></p></div>70.3926061360023 -150.95334105365uuid:3C057594-70FC-4CDB-AAC6-6CE06CEE24A6Tribe catches coho salmon on free-flowing Elwha River, a first since dam removals2023-10-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Elwha River, Washington, United States</h3><p>October 10, 2023</p><p>The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe catches coho salmon on the free-flowing Elwha River for the first time in over a century since the removal of dams, marking a historic moment for the tribe and the river's recovery.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/EEAAA018-E287-4FB7-A424-861648B2F9DC'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/3C057594-70FC-4CDB-AAC6-6CE06CEE24A6'>Read more...</a></p></div>48.1660854190125 -123.508897089325uuid:CED68002-39D3-409D-9153-39B849FD4FF8Thousands of Utah turkeys die after being infected with avian flu in Sanpete County2023-10-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Salt Lake City, Utah, United States</h3><p>October 9, 2023</p><p>Thousands of turkeys in Sanpete County, Utah, have died from highly pathogenic avian influenza, leading to the quarantine and depopulation of the affected farm, with concerns about the potential impact on turkey sales during the upcoming holiday season.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/7456C8BC-E379-4028-8217-81D98DDC070A'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/CED68002-39D3-409D-9153-39B849FD4FF8'>Read more...</a></p></div>40.76078 -111.89105uuid:959B6C8E-86E7-4F99-A6D8-157537795057Cambodia records 2nd death from H5N1 bird flu so far this year2023-10-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Cambodia</h3><p>October 9, 2023</p><p>A 50-year-old man in Cambodia has died from H5N1 bird flu, marking the second death from the virus in the country this year. Prior to his death about 50 chickens had died and were shared with neighbors to eat. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/B26A9EF6-FC86-4597-8AA1-4EC16BDBA203'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/959B6C8E-86E7-4F99-A6D8-157537795057'>Read more...</a></p></div>12.4576331842438 104.923981338048uuid:8EB0DC7A-B937-4CEC-90B5-98C2CBE1DDA3Avian influenza death of Alaska polar bear is a global first and a sign of the virus' persistence 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 1, 2023</p><p>The highly pathogenic influenza that just claimed its first known polar bear victim continues to circulate in the world’s wild populations.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/F0356EF0-3040-4DB1-B22F-1E7E25371AE1'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/8EB0DC7A-B937-4CEC-90B5-98C2CBE1DDA3'>Read more...</a></p></div>71.29058 -156.78872uuid:EE606505-9040-42AF-8046-B6FA990110A4Humpack Salmon Spread in Iceland, Threatening Local Fish2023-08-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Hjalteyri, Northeast, Iceland</h3><p>August 24, 2023</p><p>Anglers caught dozens of humpback salmon in Eyjafjarðará river yesterday, RÚV reports. Humpack salmon are spreading in Iceland and threatening local fish species in Icelandic rivers.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/FB095931-E3D2-4047-AA33-D9873550AD48'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/EE606505-9040-42AF-8046-B6FA990110A4'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.85 -18.1333333333333uuid:70ECFCBB-B602-4C3A-9DA8-86372AA82D54Red or Black Currants?2023-08-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Anchorage, Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 24, 2023</p><p>Red and Black Currants are present on the property and the moose seem to be picky about what berry they like to consume. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/1BE4E50F-549A-4BEB-9FC4-87C72D8C08DF'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/70ECFCBB-B602-4C3A-9DA8-86372AA82D54'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.21806 -149.90028uuid:708AE7D2-0860-4D9D-B70B-E38974BBEE13Something is eating salmonberry leaves 2023-08-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T11:26:04ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Seldovia, Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 18, 2023</p><p>"This season we have observed many salmonberry bushes that appear to be defoliated. It seems something is eating the leaves. We have also noticed the berries look sickly."</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/69224EA8-93BB-4079-8FAB-9C94576A2AF7'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/708AE7D2-0860-4D9D-B70B-E38974BBEE13'>Read more...</a></p></div>59.4436351714414 -151.697416305542