Alatna and Koyukuk River water level rise in three days raising concerns for transportation, and community is on emergency flood watch.

Unusual coloration in bears is often the result of a recessive gene combination. According to researchers at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, light colored bears have been found in Interior Alaska, although this is the first observation of one submitted to LEO.

The No. 1 problem is ticks, according to Gerlach. Different tick species have been turing up in recent years in Alaska, apparently because they now are able to live and thrive in the current warmer climate around the circumpolar north.

The statewide average temperature in December was 19.4 degrees, 15.7 degrees above the 20th century average.

Severe permafrost thaw and erosion along Koyukuk River banks.

Winter is near, but, it is unusually nice outside these days.

Least Surprising News: Another Warm Month in Alaska

7-15-14 River erosion - Evansville, Alaska, USA

Dr. Kimberlee Beckmen, the sole veterinarian with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, has investigated 48 tick infestations in the past three years. She’s found evidence that two exotic species are established and reproducing in Alaska.

6-3-13 Erosion disrupts swallows - Evansville, Alaska, USA

12-21-12 Freezing waterlines - Evansville, Alaska, USA

More leaf miners this year, less blue berry blossoms, but more cranberry.

Erosion on the banks of the Koyukuk River is increasing in the community of Evansville and Bettles.

4-25-12 Unseasonably warm - Evansville, Alaska, USA