During summer months, BLM emergency fire fighting and construction jobs outside of the village supplement income. One resident holds a commercial fishing permit. Transportation River transportation is used extensively in the summer. Cargo arrives by barge twice each year. Huslia is accessible by air year-round, and the 3,000' lighted airstrip is owned by the State.
Plans are underway to relocate the airport.
Snowmachines, ATVs and skiffs are used for local transportation. The area has a cold, continental climate with extreme temperature differences. Record temperatures have been recorded from -65 to above 90. The annual precipitation averages 13 inches, with 70 inches of snowfall. The Koyukuk River is ice-free from May through September.