Kipnuk

The object was found near the mouth of the Kinia River. It contains some sort of technology, as it has a green light illuminated, indicating it is "on."

Not a single catch was reported in the village of Chefornak. Meanwhile in Kivalina, dozens and dozens of tomcods are pictured and posted on "The Alaska Life" Facebook page.

In Chefornak, a family was forced to evacuate their home because a sinkhole caused by thawing permafrost formed underneath it. That family had to move into a building intended to be a quarantine facility.

This has become the new norm across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Late winters and sudden thawing have turned roads into slush and made rivers and sloughs, which are necessary for travel, less safe because they take longer to freeze.

This is not the first time this village has faced the threat of erosion and flooding, but relocating won’t be as easy as it was last time.

This is not the first time the village of Chefornak has faced the threat of erosion and flooding, but relocating won’t be as easy as it was last time.

Had pus on them.

Possibly an effect of thawing permafrost.

Smelt caught on the Kugkaktlik River were found to have dark spots on the skin. Photo examination suggests that the cause is the same black fungus found in saffron cod in Norton Sound. Continued surveillance for this condition in fish is requested by LEO Network members.

River erosion damaging pedestrian walkway

11-29-14 Sick harbor seal - Chefornak, Alaska, USA

Needle fish with lesions observed.