DOT&PF Responds to Flooding on Glenn Highway near Sutton

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DOT&PF Responds to Flooding on Glenn Highway near Sutton

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Commissioner Mark Luiken signed an Emergency Determination Tuesday allowing the DOT&PF to respond to the rapidly deteriorating river erosion and flooding situation on the Glenn Highway at Milepost 64 near Sutton, Alaska. The Matanuska River has risen to flood levels near the community of […]

Northern Alaska Coastal Erosion Threatens Habitat and Infrastructure

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Northern Alaska Coastal Erosion Threatens Habitat and Infrastructure

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a new study published today, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey found that the remote northern Alaska coast has some of the highest shoreline erosion rates in the world. Analyzing over half a century of shoreline change data, scientists found the pattern is extremely variable with most of the coast retreating […]

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