For one day last week, the village of Deering needed to use a boat to get to the airport.

The rivers on the Kenai Peninsula are shucking their ice much sooner in the past few years than they have in decades, some flowing freely as early as

Unalakleet River goes out early

Early river break-up and low water

On the upper Klamath River

Low water on the Taieri River

Earliest Tokositna River break up ever in Denali State Park.

We have had an extremely warm winter, and the river had many open holes that never froze completely.

Beaver activity impacting water level

Low lake water on ANTHC campus (Algae)

Dry conditions in Southcentral Alaska have resulted in low lake levels including here on the ANTHC campus

5-30-13 Flooding Kobuk River - Kobuk, Alaska, USA

Severe storms wreak havoc to a Bering Sea community; the following weather conditions contributed to flooding, disrupting transportation routes, electrical transformers and seepage into local water wells.

Voracious predator could be big threat to native aquatic populations