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Mon Jun 25, 2012

Five applicants share views on their plans for assembly appointment. King salmon downturn across state likely due to ocean conditions; SE returns holding steady. Ketchikan considers bond sale to fund harbor repairs.

Mid-festival concerts feature Rosenthal & friends

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/interview_062212.mp3 Click here for iFriendly audio. Sitka Summer Music Festival artistic director Zuill Bailey discusses Bach in a historical context, by way of explaining this...

Fri Jun 22, 2012

https://www.kcaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/news_062212.mp3 Click here for iFriendly audio. Sealaska annual shareholders meeting set for Saturday (6-23-12) in Juneau’s Thunder Mtn. High School. Recalled Wrangell...

Forest Service, conservation groups bet on river restoration

Over thirty years ago, the Sitkoh River watershed on Chichagof Island was logged, damaging the local salmon habitat. Now, the US Forest Service is partnering with environmental groups to restore the river -- and they say the project is a perfect example of broader changes taking place on the Tongass.

Summertunes

Like a curtain opening, the clouds lifted and a longish stretch of dreary weather ended just as Sitka Summer Music Festival musicians tuned up for a noontime concert in Sitka National Historical Park on Wednesday (6-20-12). Sitka Conservation Society media intern Bethany Goodrich captured this image of a young family soaking in the music and the sunshine.

Historical museum to exhibit “Sitka in Writing”

Jackie Fernandez, curator of the Sitka Historical Museum, discusses her next community curating exhibit entitled "A Community Composed: Sitka in Writing." A writing workshop with poet Vivian Faith Prescott will precede the exhibit, to inspire local writers to submit entries. With Brooke Wheeler, a research and collections-care intern from Phoenix, AZ.

Thu Jun 21, 2012

Multi-agency necropsy team examines dead sea lion in Sitka channel. Sitkoh river restoration aligns interests of Forest Service, conservation groups. Sealaska lands bill passes US House, but has far to go in the senate.

Wed Jun 20, 2012

Ryan Haug submits name for assembly appointment, making five candidates so far for vacant seat. "Rhino" study explores biological success under pressure. Tenakee Springs to construct boathouse for emergency response vessel. Alaska Ombudsman completes investigation of Office of Children's Services, finds flaws in grievance procedures.

“Rhino” study explores biological success under pressure

A two-year project is underway in Sitka Sound this summer to study the rhinoceros auklet. Unlike much of the biological research in the state, the work on this particular seabird is not about unraveling the mystery of its decline. The “rhino,” as scientists call it for short, is actually thriving, and a graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is going to spend most of her waking hours over the next two summers trying to learn why.

“Rhino” study to track foraging (of seabirds, not African herbivores)

Alexis Will, a master's degree student at UAF, is starting a two-year study of the Rhinoceros Auklet, aka "Rhino." She hopes understanding the Rhino's successful adaptation to changing environmental conditions will shed light on the prospects of other seabirds.