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Cooling Center Open for Elders in Juneau

By Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska on Jun 27, 2022 Events/Notices, General News

Dates: June 27-29, 2022 Times: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Location: Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall (320 West Willoughby Avenue • Juneau, AK) Last week, the National Weather Service issued a special weather warning for a potential heat wave that could affect many Southeast Alaska communities. Although the heat wave has been downgraded, we are still expecting above […]

Heat Wave Hits Cook Inlet Salmon Streams

By Brandon Hill | Cook Inletkeeper on Jul 11, 2019 Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science

Climate Crisis Sends Stream Temperatures Off the Charts HOMER, AK— As Alaskans suffer through the smoke, haze and danger of a record-breaking heat wave, Alaska’s salmon are suffering too. On July 7th, stream temperatures topped 81.7 oF (27.6 oC) in the Deshka River, a major salmon stream on the west side of Cook Inlet […]