Senate Resources Committee Announces Public Testimony on Oil Tax Legislation
Public encouraged to comment on SB 192 Tuesday and Wednesday Evening
Master Unangax Artists Demonstrate Bentwood Hat Making at Museum Next Week
For a week in March at the Anchorage Museum, Unangax (Aleut) master artists Patricia Lekanoff-Gregory and Michael Livingston will demonstrate the endangered art of bentwood hat making and share their knowledge with apprentices from their home communities.
Comments Sought on Proposed Tetlin Refuge Land Exchange
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is seeking public comments on a proposed land exchange between the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge (Tetlin Refuge) and The Conservation Fund (TCF). The proposed land exchange would remove one potential barrier to construction of the Alaska Pipeline Project (APP), while providing the National Wildlife Refuge System with a […]
UAA and Anchorage-area students to take part in TRiO's National Day of Service, Monday, Feb. 20
Nearly 300 Anchorage-area students, ranging from sixth grade to college-level, will participate in this nationwide celebration today to express thanks to the community for its support of Alaska’s federally funded TRiO programs.
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory Council to Meet in Bethel
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory Council will meet February 23 at the Bethel Moravian Church Fellowship Hall in Bethel. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m.
Federal Subsistence Fishery for Eulachon Closed in Federal Waters within District 1
KETCHIKAN, Alaska—Ketchikan-Misty Fiords District Ranger Jeff DeFreest is acting immediately to protect eulachon stocks in waters that flow into District 1 due to anticipated low eulachon returns in 2012.
State Federal Boundaries for Fisheries Management in 2012
(Juneau) – Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) Commissioner Cora Campbell announced Friday that significant progress has been made toward addressing the State of Alaska’s concerns regarding the 2006 revisions to Alaska’s baseline, from which state-federal boundary lines in waters surrounding the State of Alaska are determined.
SEARHC clinics to close for Elizabeth Peratrovich Day
JUNEAU, Feb. 10, 2012 — All SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) clinics will be closed on Thursday, Feb. 16, to honor the achievements of Alaska Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich.
SEARHC mourns death of Dan Moreno Jr. in Sitka
SITKA, Feb. 10, 2012 — The following is a statement from Jolene Edenshaw, the chairperson of the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Board of Directors, regarding the death early this morning of former SEARHC Board Member Dan Moreno Jr. in Sitka.