Foam or saliva-looking substance on seen on flowering plants like fireweed and yarrow.
Carmichael pointed to a tree that fell across one of the riverside campground spots, taking out a fence. There’s another on the opposite side of the path, branches strewn across an open patch of snow. They’re among the 1,000 high-priority trees the city wants to remove due to safety concerns.
"I am seeing spittlebugs deposits everywhere I look in the Sand Lake area."
"My husband and I have been dipnetting on the Kasilof since 2014. This year we noticed more small fish than usual and all but ~5 of the 35 fish we caught had parasites."
The worst-hit areas appear to be established neighborhoods with older spruce trees, especially in Turnagain and Spenard.
The birch leafminer ate its way through birches across Southcentral and Interior Alaska this summer. Hot and dry weather earlier in summer may have been optimal for them.
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