Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

Researchers are looking for ways that crab and fish in Alaska may be able to adapt to more acidic ocean water.

Hydroelectric lakes in Southeast Alaska continue to refill this fall and are partially restocked compared to a year ago.

Local voters could be deciding whether to borrow money for a major dredging project for Petersburg’s South Harbor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this year completed a feasibility study on the $10.6 million project and wants to start work on that dredging a year from now.

The state is ending a payment to Petersburg for upkeep of the camping and recreation lands on the southern end of Mitkof Island. Petersburg’s assembly this month had a brief discussion about ways to keep that maintenance work going on the state land.