“It got very cold the day we got there, it got down to like single digits and ice came out of the mountains and rivers and sloughs everywhere,” said Allyn Long, general manager of Alaska Logistics.

Dead or dying eggs in a female coho salmon are a possible symptom of environmental stress felt by the fish. In Western Alaska, water levels have been low following a rapid spring snowmelt and low precipitation.

A decline in caribou abundance is causing coyotes and wolves to come closer to the community of Quinhagak. When a rabid coyote attacked a local dog, it forced the village to bring in a veterinarian from outside the village - and temporarily lift the Southwest community's travel ban.

Fish in a local pond may have been washed to their new location during a recent severe rain event.

This is the 6th observation on this topic received in LEO Network from Southwest Alaska since July 22, 2019.

Winds of up to 85 mph ripped up the Southwest Alaska coast on Friday, upending smokehouses, tearing electric lines and flinging a house across the road.

A resident of the community was near the gravel pit when he came across a number of dead fish.

Unusual moth

4/4/15 Increase in pike - Quinhagak, Alaska, USA

11-15-14 Unseasonably warm - Kwinhagak, Alaska, USA

10-24-15 Arctic char with sores and parasites - Quinhagak, Alaska, USA

12-7-13 Unseasonably warm weather - Quinhagak, Alaska USA

Sinkhole appears along road

Coastal erosion potential threat to community sewage lagoon.

Local hunter reported that he had caught a spotted seal that he thought was sick.