Angela Denning, KFSK, Author at KFSK

Author: Angela Denning, KFSK

Advice on preparing your home for the cold snap

Single digit temperatures are expected starting this weekend in Petersburg. Here’s some advice from Dave Berg with the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department and Fleet Refrigeration on what you can do to safely prepare your home.

Southeast Alaska fishermen unite against designating critical habitat for humpback whales

Fishermen from different gear groups united against a proposed federal rule to designate Southeast Alaska as critical habitat for humpback whales. Many of the fishermen voiced their opposition during a three-hour meeting hosted by the National Marine Fisheries Service in Petersburg Jan. 6.

NMFS hearing on designating Southeast Alaska coastline as critical habitat for humpback whales

Here is the audio of a three-hour meeting in Petersburg Jan. 6 hosted by the National Marine Fisheries Service about a proposed rule to designate areas of Alaska’s coastal waters as critical habitat for humpback whales. The Petersburg meeting focused on the designation for Southeast Alaska for a small population of threatened whales from Mexico that come to the region to feed.

New deer count method shows promising results for Southeast Alaska

For decades it’s been challenging for scientists to survey Sitka black-tailed deer in Southeast Alaska’s forested landscape. Scientists are now experimenting with a three-year study on Petersburg’s Mitkof Island and if it pans out, the new counting method could have many applications elsewhere.