Citizen scientists fill an important gap in helping understand when and how Cook Inlet belugas use the river.

The lack of sea ice in Toksook Bay, has allowed for a uniquel sighting - a January beluga whale!

With relatively calm summer weather, an Utqiagvik crew landed at least 11 beluga whales this season, Wainwright was lucky to caught 50, and Kotzebue Sound saw the second-highest harvest in more than a decade, according to local hunters.