"The event occurred on June 29th, on our native allotment near Kotzebue (Illivak). We left home in the morning and when we came back around 8:00 PM in the evening the whole lake had drained! It looked like it was blown up with dynamite."
This eye catching insect is the adult stonefly.
June 20, 2022 The wastewater treatment plant in Carmacks, Yukon, is at risk of flooding. The village has issued an evacuation alert for homes served by that plant.
Community gravel source and old dump site threated by erosion.
The territorial government is alerting residents to be prepared for potential impacts of flooding in certain areas of Ross River.
Emergency measures organization has issued advisories for Upper Liard, Carmacks and Ross River areas.
There were a plenty of what appeared to be juvenile dead stickle back fish on the top of the embankment of a few ponds.
The collapse was documented with drone imagery as was a permafrost rebound signature in the river water.
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.
Noatak has lost 19' of river bank since May 19th. Now the road to the community gravel source is failing.
As higher than normal winter snowpack begins to melt, some property owners in the Annie Lake Road and South Klondike Highway area are already seeing a return of the water that flowed freely across their land last spring. The government is collecting drone footage for possible correction of McConnell Lake drainage.
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