Matanuska River Park, Palmer: Highbush cranberries have big green berries. Record heat and “extreme” fire danger level.
August 10
Lucile Creek, Big Lake: Lots of lowbush cranberries half ripe. Picked a few nagoonberries. Lots of bunchberries.
July 31
Fish Creek, Knik: Best watermelon berries I’ve seen. Perfect and everywhere. Lots of plants and many berries per plant. Very tasty.
July 26
Matanuska River Park, Palmer: Lots of really good red currants. Very tasty and ripe. Lots of half ripe highbush cranberry. Some nice watermelon berries. Also lots of soapberry and baneberry around. Also rosehips ready.
July 23
Peters Creek: Watermelon berries good, pretty big, but still green on a few plants.
July 31
Fish Creek, Knik: Lots of ripe highbush cranberries and half ripe ones.
July 26
Hatcher Pass, Fishhook: Lowbush cranberries at Summit Lake are 1/2 to 2/3 ripe. Down by Little Susitna River picked an okay amount of red currants. Picked a good amount of watermelon berries. Highbush cranberries are half green half red.