LEO Network - Search Resultshttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net2024-03-29T14:59:54Zhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/Images/logo.pnguuid:34E37773-9159-4029-A094-FD40CA59A61FBethel SAR warns against Kuskokwim River travel after aerial survey2023-11-22T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kuskokwim River, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 22, 2023</p><p>Bethel Search and Rescue advises against travel on the Kuskokwim River due to dangerous conditions of open water and thin ice identified in their annual aerial survey.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/DFEEB094-D1B6-4C07-9569-720E245447B5'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/34E37773-9159-4029-A094-FD40CA59A61F'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:19BC6319-06C6-4B86-8499-5DC1BDE4ED85Beluga whales swam up the Kuskokwim River to Bethel and scientists want samples of them 2022-05-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 31, 2022</p><p>In an unusual event, a pair of beluga whales swam about 60 miles up the Kuskokwim River to Bethel. After word got out, boaters pursued the belugas and took at least one of them. Now, an official is working to collect samples of the animal to better understand where it came from.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/56C40DFA-187D-4521-973B-AF54389E5F99'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/19BC6319-06C6-4B86-8499-5DC1BDE4ED85'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:67D0B771-3D48-4B89-835D-29871C4D246F‘River is getting close.’ Erosion is threatening Napakiak's school2021-08-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Napakiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 10, 2021</p><p>The village is losing ground three times faster than it was 10 years ago, according to studies of Napakiak’s erosion. During high tide, the river is only 64 feet from the high-schoolers’ original classroom and gets closer by the day. On windy days, waves crash against the shore where students used to play, battering it until the land relents and crumbles. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/7E62BDAD-9437-4695-BB94-C905E0AE6F84'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/67D0B771-3D48-4B89-835D-29871C4D246F'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.69667 -161.95194uuid:B3B86B67-85A0-4E1B-84B7-146C096E446FHeavy Snowfall Means Constant Plowing, Shorter Kuskokwim Ice Road2021-03-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>March 24, 2021</p><p>Heavy snowfall has made maintaining the lower Kuskokwim Ice Road a challenge this year. The road is shorter than usual, even as its crew is working harder.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/C0E1409B-1AAE-4C6A-9FC1-356D5B137F39'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/B3B86B67-85A0-4E1B-84B7-146C096E446F'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:900AAC39-C447-4056-B158-C493C6125B52Nunapitchuk Flood Worst In Years2020-05-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nunapitchuk, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 12, 2020</p><p>While many communities along the Kuskokwim River escaped major flooding, one small village is still seeing high water.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/FB09DFF8-4301-4D61-ABBE-7E4A918F5E1E'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/900AAC39-C447-4056-B158-C493C6125B52'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.89694 -162.45944uuid:A43E0075-20FF-4B15-A53B-0106902E2665Flooding In Bethel's Hangar Lake and Alligator Acres Neighborhoods, And In Kwethluk2020-05-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kwethluk, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 7, 2020</p><p>Most Kuskokwim River communities have escaped heavy flooding so far, but not Kwethluk. Social media photos show water rising high and completely covering</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/9A09CF63-F9CD-4C76-AA63-9A7212AECBE1'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/A43E0075-20FF-4B15-A53B-0106902E2665'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.81222 -161.43583uuid:17B2157D-EDE3-40D9-8EFB-CE36F0A2170C"Napaimute Wave" Of High Water Heading Down Kuskokwim River2020-05-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 6, 2020</p><p>Break up continues on the Kuskokwim River. Napaskiak resident and river observer Earl Samuelson has been tracking the ice and water levels on the Kuskokwim</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/6E1336C1-2397-4802-A61E-E15A550E9E2B'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/17B2157D-EDE3-40D9-8EFB-CE36F0A2170C'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:C3480FC7-CE74-4BAF-A413-8DF6F7AAD7BENWS Warns Kusko Communities To Prepare For Flooding2020-05-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Akiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 1, 2020</p><p>An ice jam is holding downstream of Napaimute, flooding the seasonal village. At Aniak, the ice is shifting, according to Aniak resident Dave Cannon.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/00B6AD65-E63B-4D10-9DA1-B5F86F542BC4'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/C3480FC7-CE74-4BAF-A413-8DF6F7AAD7BE'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.91222 -161.21389uuid:AB68781D-9A0D-4F86-94C3-89E72980507AK300 Season Opener Delayed Again2019-12-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 12, 2019</p><p>Poor trail conditions have pushed the Kuskokwim 300 Season Opener race back another week.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/EC0798EC-7089-4246-8346-8DCDC8FF345A'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/AB68781D-9A0D-4F86-94C3-89E72980507A'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:6A69C4D7-70D2-4E28-AF73-0E424720AEF1Kuskokwim River erosion threatens diesel-filled fuel tanks in Napakiak2019-08-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Napakiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 19, 2019</p><p>The school district plans to transport fuel from a group of 10 tanks into three new tanks expected to be placed in the Napakiak school parking lot further inland.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/5AC29224-8E72-4656-9568-EC384B496857'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/6A69C4D7-70D2-4E28-AF73-0E424720AEF1'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.69667 -161.95194uuid:18D5D85C-69E6-4865-9BAE-F3D1F91B905EShort-tailed Shearwater (<em>Ardenna tenuirostris</em>) on the Kuskokwim2019-08-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 5, 2019</p><p>Nine short-tailed shearwaters (*Ardenna tenuirostris*) were seen floating in the Kuskokwim river, directly in front of Bethel. The birds were acting disoriented and farther up the Kuskokwim than normal. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/00D42B52-0B2A-4551-91D6-F00BFCAC024B'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/18D5D85C-69E6-4865-9BAE-F3D1F91B905E'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.79222 -161.75583uuid:1129E53B-D9D6-4CB0-B988-F16255466463Alaska community seeks funds to move homes away from river2019-06-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Akiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 6, 2019</p><p>AKIAK, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska community with a rapidly eroding riverbank is seeking funding to relocate homes, officials said. Money is available, but Akiak officials will have to go... </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/A4EE0BC3-B401-481B-9575-8B18815D3740'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/1129E53B-D9D6-4CB0-B988-F16255466463'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.91222 -161.21389uuid:CD7DB5A0-3C6A-40EF-BA7A-7B8E716AC754High Water in Spring Leads to Riverbank Erosion2019-05-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Akiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 20, 2019</p><p>Above average snowfall at the headwaters of the Kuskokwim, and early break up, led to higher than average river flows past Aniak. The river banks are eroding, threatening community infrastructure. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/D2954B92-02E2-4915-AE5F-6749D872050D'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/CD7DB5A0-3C6A-40EF-BA7A-7B8E716AC754'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.9153322616551 -161.216640472412uuid:ABDD937E-2CEA-44D7-B01F-D5460921682CNapakiak Erosion Worsens After Spring Storms2019-05-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Napakiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 14, 2019</p><p>Napakiak doesn’t have a boat landing anymore. Storms over the past week ate huge chunks from the Kuskokwim riverbank close to the city school and fuel</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/1AF0E21B-6306-424A-9A9F-D9C183F8B1C5'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/ABDD937E-2CEA-44D7-B01F-D5460921682C'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.69667 -161.95194uuid:D38AA5F2-6507-4560-9A6D-6640C81B5B1C'Stay off the ice' BSAR warns as two die from four-wheelers falling through ice 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>April 1, 2019</p><p>Two four-wheelers carrying five men leaving Bethel broke through needle ice on the upper end of Church Slough on Sunday night. Two of the men died, while three others were treated for hypothermia in Bethel.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/1ED03369-D389-4550-B935-23A65E9DFCA3'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/D38AA5F2-6507-4560-9A6D-6640C81B5B1C'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.8025650127695 -161.577733610175uuid:7EE07203-9EF1-4308-A6F4-5B2DB93169E4Late Freeze up in Lower Kuskokwim2018-12-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Oscarville, Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 20, 2018</p><p>Late freeze on the Lower Kuskokwim produced ice conditions unsafe for travel in November. </p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/A715D32D-BF63-472E-9321-11AB3F551E39'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/7EE07203-9EF1-4308-A6F4-5B2DB93169E4'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.72278 -161.77uuid:B1BF87CF-98CD-47A5-83D5-D96479BA2A4BOpen water turns Kuskokwim 300 into a 2-lap race for the first time2018-01-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>January 16, 2018</p><p>For the first time, the race will run two laps to its halfway point and back. Mushers agree it’s the safest way to run the race, but it could present challenges.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/73A9105A-51A1-494A-86FA-3FEAD4FC34C0'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/B1BF87CF-98CD-47A5-83D5-D96479BA2A4B'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.7922 -161.7558uuid:AD17CACF-3C3A-4C63-8E01-EE32311EE1CFState report details potential health impacts of climate change2018-01-08T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Newtok, Alaska, United States</h3><p>January 8, 2018</p><p>How will climate change affect health in Alaska? Dangerous travel conditions could cause more accidents, warmer temperatures could spread new diseases and the topsy-turvy weather could worsen mental health. Those are some conclusions from a new state report released Monday. Listen now</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/86DE2D81-F11B-41AF-9155-9BE96B3216F1'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/AD17CACF-3C3A-4C63-8E01-EE32311EE1CF'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.792101 -161.75461uuid:AD4CC1B3-9387-4662-9042-D12ACA034B1DOpen Holes On Ice Road Says Bethel Search And Rescue2017-12-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bethel, Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 6, 2017</p><p>The ice highway that residents are used to driving this time of year has yet to fully freeze. Bethel Search and Rescue calls the number of open holes on</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/BF065901-119A-415A-80D4-419E50900763'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/AD4CC1B3-9387-4662-9042-D12ACA034B1D'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.7922 -161.7558uuid:1C12D474-DB55-449A-B7A5-9D3C2BC64188Green Algae In Lake2016-07-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T14:59:54ZLEO Networkhttps://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.netask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kongiganak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 25, 2016</p><p>Unknown species of green algae in a lake near Kongiganak.</p><img src='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/en/attachments/thumbnail/68157DC8-D93B-4CD0-8D41-E37272EC7EC8'/><p><a href='https://leonetwork-staging.azurewebsites.net/posts/show/1C12D474-DB55-449A-B7A5-9D3C2BC64188'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.7856 -161.7976