Swamp land, Big Lake: Great spruce tips. Currants have had small berries for about a week. Beautiful white flowers (like dogwood) appearing. Lots of flowers or buds for berry plants; highbush cranberry, rose, raspberry, elderberry.
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May 2
Swamp land, Big Lake: Red currants flowering all over. Lots of fiddleheads and mushrooms available all over the Valley.
April 29
Swamp land, Big Lake: Early blueberry flowering. Fiddlehead ferns are ready. Birch greened up a week or so ago, and lots of currant plants are nicely leafing out.
April 27
Tanana River, Nenana: Breakup day. Nenana Ice Classic tripod clock stopped at 15:56 AKDT.
April 27
Tanana River, Nenana: Breakup day. Nenana Ice Classic tripod clock stopped at 05:18 AKDT.
July 2
Hatcher Pass, Fishhook: multiple blueberry types in full flower along with other berry plants flowering (nagoonberry, highbush and lowbush cranberry).
Jun 29
Kenai Lake, Primrose: Gathered many of the super irresistible spruce tips and rose petals everywhere. Trailing raspberry flowering. Blueberries and red currants small and green.
May 16
Fairbanks: Official Chena Ridge greenup day.
May 8
Tanana River, Nenana: Breakup day. Nenana Ice Classic tripod clock stopped at 16:01 AKDT.
September 11
Fairbanks: First freeze.
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