The regional group wants to create a system that will monitor the region’s hazardous weather and warn residents of potential risks of slides. “We're seeing the environment change," said Lisa Busch, who runs the Sitka Sound Science Center. "Why should we have to compete for grants to stay safe or to help our communities stay safe?”
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“I don't foresee realistically a bear spending 10 minutes on one trash can trying to get into it," said ADF&G Wildlife Biologist Stephen Bethune. "They usually just knock over the can, it spills open, and they grab a bag that falls out and run off with it into the woods. So even a very resistant can is going to not provide that immediate food resource and the bear’s eventually going to learn that coming into town isn't paying off for him. It's too big of a risk.”
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Nearly 700 sites along Tongass National Forest streams could obstruct fish from migrating. That’s according to a new report from the U.S. Forest Service. But there is a plan to deal with the old roads and culverts causing the problems.
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“The matter itself is almost like a broken piece of glass, with so many edges it’s impossible to pick up without getting cut," said Andrew Gildersleeve, the Tribe's executive director. "There's a shock of what's happened to tribal lands and disbelief that there could be a claim of the size against an organization that is ultimately run by our friends, family and neighbors.”
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Freelance journalist, Nat Herz visited Yakutat for a few days in mid-January to investigate the logging conflict going on there. He spoke about his trip with CoastAlaska’s Angela Denning who has also reported on the situation. He says Yakutat seems to agree that Humpback Creek is significant, but should it prevent logging is still in question.
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“This pack of wolves really defied all of our predictions,” said Gretchen Roffler, who has studied wolves in Southeast for eight years. “The wolf densities on this island at this time were some of the highest ever recorded."
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An eight-bridge project over the Good River near Gustavus has finally drawn to a close. It’s part of a national fish passage program that received $40 million in last year’s federal infrastructure law. The project in Southeast Alaska should help juvenile fish maneuver through the waterway.
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Controversy over a logging project near Yakutat in Southeast Alaska has intensified. The local tribe, an archaeologist and others say a site that’s being logged is home to centuries-old ruins that could provide clues into the history of Southeast Alaska’s Indigenous people. “We know we had a village there," said tribal council member, Victoria Demmert. "And we know there are historical sites there and we want Yak-Tat Kwaan to stop and let archaeologists get in there before everything's destroyed.”
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The couple took hundreds of thousands of dollars and used it to retire early and buy a home in Texas. “So when it comes down to it, what we learned throughout this lawsuit was that these individuals, the Siglers. . .they took 63% of all of the assets that Neva had on hand, not counting her house,” said Beth Goldstein, an attorney with the state’s Office of Public Advocacy.
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A salmon hatchery operator in Prince William Sound has agreed to pay a $1 million fine for hazardous waste violations. Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation pled guilty to illegally burning fuel and waste at its hatcheries, which led to a worker being seriously injured.
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