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.

Murre deaths reported along the shore of Nanwalek.

Dead birds on beach

Near MacDonald Spit, southern end of the Kenai Peninsula.

Sablefish an unusual catch

We have never had cranes stop in here before. Something has changed that these migratory birds are stopping here.

Normally, we have so many feet of snow throughout the village and the mountains would be packed with snow.

We used to be able to go ice fishing in the lagoon as well as ice skating. Now community members are using a net to get the tomcods.

These ladies found a snail that they had never seen before and brought them.

7-29-14 Crab larvae wash ashore - Port Graham, Alaska, USA

7-10-14 Stranded sea otter - McDonald Spit, Alaska, USA

Early blueberries in Jakolof Bay, Alaska

This sea lion was seen for over an hour floating along the shore and holding one front and one back flipper in the air.

5-25-14 High spruce pollen McDonald Spit, Alaska, USA

1-24-14 Lake of snow - Nanwalek, Alaska, USA

11-6-13 Dead seabirds - Nanwalek, Alaska. USA

7-11-13 Red phytoplankton bloom - Jakolof Bay, Alaska, USA

There were extreme rain events in September of 2012 that caused landslides, erosion and ultimately blockage of a culvert over Jakolof Creek.

12-6-12 Water shortage - Nanwalek, Alaska, USA

7-3-12 Barnacle decline - McDonald Spit, Alaska, USA