Wildlife Biologist Leslie Slater holds one of about a dozen dead Common Murres found along a short stretch of beach at the Spit in Homer Tuesday, Dec. 22. (Photo by Daysha Eaton/KBBI)

Murre die-off around Kachemak Bay estimated to be in the thousands

Die-offs of common murres have been happening across Alaska since this summer. The latest report comes from Kachemak Bay, according to biologists with the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in Homer.

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