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Wildlife, Environment, and Human Health Scientists and indigenous knowledge experts met at the University of Alaska Fairbanks last week in workshops focusing on community based monitoring and One Health, which is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the connections between animals, plants and people. A common topic was the dire state of many species in the Arctic. As evident in our featured articles, new diseases are emerging affecting mammals like moose and elk, birds such as murres, and marine invertebrates such as sea stars. Given the rate of change, the breadth of the impacts and the formidable resource and logistical challenges, encouraging effective collaboration between scientists and local knowledge keepers is critical if we are to find ways to have a healthy Arctic. Mike Brubaker, Editor

	Threat of moose-killing tick infestation looms as far-north climate warms Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Yereth Rosen / Alaska Dispatch News / May 6, 2017 In New England where ticks have decimated moose, the average tick load is 40,000, and some have been found with 90,000. Read article on Alaska Dispatch News
	Sea star populations in Kachemak Bay annihilated by wasting disease Seldovia Village, Alaska, United States Annie Zak / Alaska Dispatch News / May 5, 2017 Sea star wasting disease, a type of densovirus, reduced the count of sea stars in Kachemak Bay from 180 last spring to a measly five this year. Read article on Alaska Dispatch News
	Murre colonies struggle to reproduce following die-off Unalaska, Alaska, United States Zoë Sobel, Alaska's Energy Desk - Unalaska / Alaska Public Media / May 11, 2017 While reproductive failure is common for some species like black-legged kittiwakes, it isn’t for murres. In some places less than one percent of the chicks survived. Read article on Alaska Public Media
	Beavers on the tundra? Yukon biologists see the unexpected Mike Rudyk / CBC News / May 10, 2017 Tom Jung and Dave Mossop were monitoring falcons on Yukon's Arctic coastal plain when they spotted a beaver dam, made of shrubs. 'This was a bit of a unique observation.' Read article on CBC News
	A late spring is better than an early summer Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland Yle Uutiset / May 10, 2017 Unseasonably cold weather is keeping birds from nesting and delaying the blossoming of wild berry bushes in Finland's north. Read article on Yle Uutiset
	Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) with Sores/Deformities? King's Cove, Alaska, United States Cosette Nielsen and Caroline Van Hemert / LEO Network / May 1, 2017 Several bald eagles were observed with sores around their eyes and bills. Read post on the LEO Network

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