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Delta Junction, Alaska, United States
Tim Ellis /
Alaska Public Media /
May 17, 2022
Biologists say the bison population took a big hit this winter. More than a dozen were hit and killed by vehicles because the animals were using roads in lieu of their usual trails, which were covered by deep snow and ice.
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on Alaska Public Media
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Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada
April Hudson /
CBC /
May 13, 2022
Town officials said water levels rose to new highs on Thursday and a second surge of water in the afternoon flooded through the north end of Miron Drive, the downtown area, and Cranberry Crescent, causing property damage throughout the town. By Friday morning, the last of the ice was off the river.
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on CBC
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Seward, Alaska, United States
Michael Paschall /
Seward Journal /
May 7, 2022
The landslide, estimated to be 300 feet wide, has completely cut off the community of Lowell Point. Lowell Point Road is the only land access between Lowell Point and the City of Seward. As a result the City of Seward cannot access critical wastewater facilities.
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on Seward Journal
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St. Marys, Ontario, Canada
Carolyn Blushke /
Healthy Wildlife /
May 2, 2022
These cases represent the first detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 A/goose/Guangdong/1996 (Gs/GD) lineage in wild mammals in Ontario, Canada and in the Americas. One of the kits was found dead and the other was exhibiting severe neurological signs (including seizures) and died shortly after admission to a wildlife rehabilitation centre.
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on Healthy Wildlife
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Bodø, Nordland, Norway
Kasper Holgersen /
NRK /
May 13, 2022
When he checked closer, he found that the snail he found was an Arctic shrub, or Dendronotus robustus. All of the previous sightings have been made on Svalbard, so this may be the first confirmed find in mainland Norway.
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on NRK
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Togiak, Alaska, United States
Heidi Kritz and Jayde Ferguson /
LEO Network /
May 11, 2022
No one in Togiak had ever seen a fish like this before. In the photo it looks like a cross between a tad pole and a piranha! With help from ADF&G it has been identified as the smooth lumpsucker fish, found at depths of up to 1000 meters.
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Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States
Alena Naiden /
Anchorage Daily News /
Communities and conservation groups have raised concerns about the project. Researchers said they won’t move forward with field testing until it’s deemed safe.
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on Anchorage Daily News
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