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Small Town ‘SOUL’ holds information session this Friday

by KCAW News | Feb 6, 2025 | The Morning Interview

Small Town SOUL is gathering signatures to put a ballot question before Sitka voters that would limit cruise ship visitation to 300,000 passengers per season (with a daily limit of 4,500). Read More

‘SOUL’ hopes to have Sitkans vote on cruise passenger limits by this summer

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 5, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

Larry Edwards tried twice to put a ballot proposition before Sitka voters limiting cruise passengers last fall. Now he's back, and this time a group of Sitkans has organized to back him. Read More

Concerned about process, Sitkans push back on new roadless proposal

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Sep 26, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

Sitkan packed into a conference room at the Aspen Suites Hotel on Monday evening (9-24-18) for a scoping meeting on the state’s petition to open more of the Tongass National Forest to road building. Like a similar meeting held last week in Ketchikan, much of the input from the audience was focused not so much on the merits of poadless policy, but on the process itself. Read More

Bumps likely in the long road to a new Tongass plan?

by KCAW Staff | Feb 4, 2016 | Local News, Syndicated

The Forest Service is planning to shift its focus from old-growth to young-growth timber harvests in the Tongass National Forest. The transition to young growth got its start early in the Obama administration, and there could be at least three more presidents before it becomes a full reality. Read More