Is the abundance of insects unusual? Updates from around the state with picking and weather impacts.
Alaska is one of the only places in the world where peony flowers grow in the summer months. But the unusually cold, wet weather this year is delaying the blooms by weeks.
A wild rose (Rosa acicularis) blooms late during a warm fall.
Residents note significant changes in the Christiansen Lake ecosystem since 2019. This includes fewer nesting birds, fish, and mammals around the lake, while the leech population has increased along with the occurrence of algal blooms.
"My family and I have been RV camping across Alaska for the last several years. This year, the mass amounts of dead spruce trees have been more apparent than any year prior."
Elodea was discovered in Alexander Lake in 2014 by researchers checking minnow traps. At the time, it covered 20 percent of the lake but now has spread to 90 percent.
The closures of the campgrounds, facing the threat of falling trees, likely will last through summer, the state parks division said.
Dead, red trees signal an increasingly dire outbreak driven by warm summers and plentiful spruce, especially in the Susitna Valley.
Early Pussy Willows in Denali Park.
Sockeye wildfire at mile post 77 of the George Parks Highway near Willow.
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