Silver Salmon are the most valued fish community members harvest, but King Salmon, Dog Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Whitefish, and Blackfish are also commonly eaten. The salmon run up the Kvichak River, one of the largest in the world, usually starts around the last week of June and continues through the middle of July. Salmon swim up the Kvichak River into Lake Iliamna when they spawn and later die. An average salmon run is approximately 6 million, but this summer's total run only reached 2 million. Most community members who put up salmon catch the fish in drift nets, but some also snag fish for them.
Many residents smoke several hundred salmon for the winter.
Berries residents pick include low and high bush cranberries, salmonberries or cloud berries, blueberries, crowberries, and blackberries or moss berries. Low bush cranberries grow on the tundra and are a dark red color. These round berries have a sour taste and are juicy. Before becoming a cranberry, a small, light pink flower blooms. Then, a hard, reddish-white berry forms that slowly ripens.