It’s invasive species awareness week in Alaska, an official reminder to report, prevent, and learn about the state’s problematic plants. In Petersburg, locals learned how to identify, and deal with, certain invasive plant species cropping up along a popular trailhead during a guided hike. The educational plant walk was part of the new Friends of Raven’s Roost Trail program.
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The Petersburg Borough Assembly on June 1 rejected both a controversial land sale to Tidal Network and an ordinance updating Petersburg’s zoning code for wireless communications facilities. But both items are being brought back for the Assembly’s consideration tonight (June 15).
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Over 100 years and miles later, the first traditional canoe from Petersburg completed its maiden voyage. After launching late last month, the pullers on kéet yaakw arrived in Juneau on June 2 just ahead of the biennial Celebration festival, and say the 10-day Journey was powerful in many ways.
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A group of canoes from several different communities embarked from Petersburg on May 24 for a traditional Journey to the Celebration festival in Juneau. Dozens of people gathered in Petersburg’s South Harbor to witness the inaugural launch of the community’s first canoe in over a century. The local tribe says the launch itself was also a historic first for the community.
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The foundation distributed grants totaling nearly $50,000 to nine local organizations, programs and projects this spring.
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