The sockeye salmon are coming back smaller for the Newhalen River and Iliamna Lake, plus not a thick as they once did when I was younger.

An unseasonable winter insect sighting in Newhalen.

I have been speaking with elders in the community and they have never before seen the river break up that soon.

Closely resembling a spider, this long legged mite belongs to the family Erythraeoidae and can be found in many different environments across Alaska.

A hole cut in the ice has produced a lot of overflow, and flooding is now threatening homes and a state-managed road.

“Something” big has shredded fishing gear and long been spotted in the lake. Bruce Wright plans to use a deepwater camera to find it.

Hungry and looking for food, where it was last fall. Very warm 40 degrees and rain. I'm sure it disturbed his hibernation.

Mid-January sparrow sighting in Pedro Bay

On June 19, some kids spotted an unrecognized creature the size of a large whale offshore near the Alaska village of Iliamna. Other accounts followed.

The prevalence of "weak meats" syndrome in 2014, 2015 meant that somewhere on the order of half of all scallops shucked couldn’t be marketed. That was much higher than the fleet had ever seen before.

Furry caterpillar in November.

Taking over my yard

Thunder Storms (?)

Unknown purple plant species.

Very early berries this year.

Black fly

Identified as a male Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)

Iliamna Lake is not frozen, very unusual for midwinter conditions.

Black bear (Ursus americanus) sighted during a rather warm winter this year.

Common murre sightings; a concern for the predatory and scavenger bird numbers