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.
May 2
Swamp land, Big Lake: Red currants flowering all over. Lots of fiddleheads and mushrooms available all over the Valley.
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.
May 17
Fairbanks: Official Chena Ridge greenup day.
May 14
Fairbanks: Last freeze.
May 2
Tanana River, Nenana: Breakup day. Nenana Ice Classic tripod clock stopped at 18:47 AKDT.
May 23
Swamp land, Big Lake: Currant flowers have been going absolutely crazy all over the Valley. I’ve seen many red currant and skunk currant flowers particularly. Red elderberry plants have purplish green heads getting ready to flower. Blueberries flowering. Timberberry flowering. Bog cranberry flowering.
May 19
Resurrection Pass Trail, Hope: Crowberries flowering very nicely. Trailing raspberries flowering in some patches. Ate watermelon berry greens. Still some snow around. (Caribou Creek Cabin.)
May 10
Resurrection Pass Trail, Hope: Ate lots of very sweet watermelon berry shoots (salad). The trail still has snow and I didn’t see a ton of flowers around, although currants are flowering everywhere I’ve seen the plants.
Alaska Berry Bog 