The River Watch team flew this morning downriver to Napakiak and this
evening upriver to Chuathbaluk
Down river from Bethel, looks pretty clear between Napakiak and Napaskiak.
Johnson River is still not accessible by boat.
Up river from Bethel, water at Aniak was up about two feet today from
yesterday. The Breakup
front has moved to just below Aniak today. From Aniak to Kalskag continuing
to Coffee Bend there is lots of original ice holding and
rotting in place. Kalskag reports some shifting of ice in front of the
village today but the ice is not changed much.
Moving down River towards Bethel from the ice front there is lots of stretches
of open water and some ice
rotting in place. Tuluksak River still has ice and ice in the channel at the
mouth of the Tuluksak. Gweek River looks pretty clear. There is a new opening
in the ice at the “y” today that was not there yesterday. Tony Hall’s bend is
clear. Nelson Island channels are both plugged today with ice. A little bit of
ice movement in front of Akiak today and water level there was reported to have
come up a little. Ice sill in place between Akiak and Akiachak.
Water levels remain low.
Wednesday the River Watch team will fly to the ice front near Aniak from
Bethel around
3:00pm
Ice Reports on KYUK and follow on twitter @ #akriverwatch
Or call/text RiverWatch cell 907-444-9517
