The European Green Crab is a growing threat to local crab stocks

The Kachemak Bay area has various and abundant berries, both edible and not.

The Lutz Spruce, the most common tree in the lower Kenai Peninsula forest, is a hybrid of White and Sitka Spruce

The Little Brown Bat is Homer's only bat species

Homer's population of Sandhill Cranes winters in California's Central Valley

Two years ago, in the summer of 2023, a distinctly subdued fireweed bloom was eventually traced to the presence of the fireweed flower gall midge.

The Kachemak Bay area received less snow this winter, but about an average amount of precipitation. But our late season snowfall may benefit salmon, since snowmelt helps keep streams colder, and colder water is capable of carrying more oxygen