(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Village Public Safety Officers across Alaska are getting new equipment to keep their communities safe. Two hundred innovative Fire Suppression Tools (FSTs), distributed by Flameguard USA, were purchased by the Bristol Bay Native Association and Kodiak Area Native Association VPSO grantees. The FSTs were then distributed by the Department of Public Safety’s […]
In a new study by NOAA Fisheries, scientists looked at 347 Alaska communities to assess their dependence on marine resources and socio-economic well-being. This is the first time that NOAA Fisheries has used “quantitative” indicators for this type of assessment in Alaska. Scientists hope to provide marine resource managers with a scientifically sound rapid assessment […]
A diverse group of Alaskans said a report released today on the Mount Polley mine disaster in British Columbia (B.C.) provides new evidence that mines planned and under construction in the B.C. headwaters of highly productive Southeast Alaska salmon rivers are a threat to multi-billion dollar fisheries and a way of life for thousands of […]
SITKA – The SouthEast Regional Health Consortium’s WISEWOMAN Women’s Health Program in partnership with the Breast Cancer Detection Center announced their Spring 2014 mobile mammography schedule. The mobile mammography van will visit Angoon from May 12-14, Haines from May 17-21, Kake on May 23 & 24, 2014. All women are at risk for breast cancer – […]