kruzof island Archives

Spoutin’ around town: gray whales find haven in Sitka Sound

by Meredith Redick | May 22, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated

While reports of gray whale strandings along the Pacific coast have jumped since 2019, there’s at least one place where these whales seem to be thriving. Hundreds of gray whales migrating from Mexico to their Arctic feeding grounds are stopping in Sitka along their route. Read More

Sitka’s abandoned Fort Babcock to be scrubbed of PCB pollution

by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Jan 21, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

The feds plan to spend $2.2 million to clean up PCB contamination on Kruzof Island near Sitka. It's part of World War II's legacy of abandoned toxic waste sites that have been unaddressed nearly 80 years later. Read More

New radio repeaters at Mud Bay to improve emergency response in Sitka

by Katherine Rose | Jan 13, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

When the Sitka Assembly met on Tuesday (1-11-22), it approved the receipt of a $75,000 grant to purchase three radio repeaters to bolster local emergency response. Read More

Sitka team conducts necropsy on dead humpback

by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Mar 21, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated

Sitka’s marine mammal stranding network headed to Kruzof Island on Thursday to conduct its first necropsy on a dead humpback whale in five years. They wanted to learn more about why the whale died. Read More

Gray whale mom, calf star in Kruzof tidepool drama

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jul 2, 2020 | Local News, Syndicated

During the current rash of gray whale strandings in Alaska, collecting data from the expired whales before they decompose is critical. Near Sitka recently, three campers had an unprecedented opportunity to aid the cause of science when they discovered a stranded gray whale and her calf. But the animals -- who were both quite alive -- were no help at all. Read More