Warmer than normal temperatures in Anchorage may be causing willows (genus Salix) to bud early.
Avalanche monitors say danger remains high in Turnagain Pass, Girdwood and Portage.
Despite it almost being January, an Eagle River homeowner has captured footage of a black bear awake and active around her house.
“If black bears are starting to stir, brown bears could be, too,” a state Fish and Game official said.
The bears won’t hibernate if food remains available, so the continued availability of trash in the area has created a dangerous situation, biologists say.
I've only heard this animal in the spring/summer.
This is the second year we have noticed that the spruce tips are very long, in fact longer than I have ever seen.
Tall Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) are Ripe
Early hay crop harvest
Loads of Yellow Jackets (Vespidae)
Early fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) bloom
In Southcentral Alaska
Early spring and early waterfowl
The birch trees are producing sap earlier. (baseline post)
3/24/15 Early golfing - Palmer, Alaska, USa
There were 231 days between the first and last measurable snow fall in the Anchorage region this year. Temperatures have also been significantly below average.
Half of what we usually have this time of year.
After a warm Arctic Winter Games in Alaska, some officials and coaches have suggested moving the games up from March to February in an effort to ensure that temperatures are cold enough for winter sports.
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