Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she supports a “full exemption” of the federal Roadless Rule for Tongass National Forest. That’s a harder line than the Republican senator has previously taken.
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Petersburg School District has installed new security cameras in some areas inside and outside of the high school. The district is also considering purchasing unmanned cameras to stream live events from the gym and pool. These topics and more were discussed at the last school board meeting, Tuesday night.
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Southeast Alaska’s pink salmon harvest is turning out to be what managers expected but where the fish are returning isn’t consistent.
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Petersburg’s tribe revealed its long-term transportation plan at a meeting Friday. It includes several trails and bike paths on Mitkof Island.
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The U.S. Forest Service is proposing its first significant change to the 2016 planning document that guides logging, road building and other uses of the Tongass National Forest. This change would relax logging restrictions on some parts of the forest that are supported by intricate and sometimes fragile limestone formations.
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Southeast Alaska has suffered from a drought and warmer than normal temperatures for about two years now. The month of July broke more records in the region.
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The U.S. Forest Service has released the draft of an environmental review of a 15-year plan for logging, recreation and stream restoration projects around Wrangell, Petersburg and Kake in Southeast Alaska. The review follows the same approach as a larger project on Prince of Wales Island that’s the center of a legal challenge.
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Renovations are continuing at both cafeterias in the Petersburg schools. As Angela Denning reports, while the remodel at the middle and high school cafeteria will be complete for the start of the school year the project at the Rae C. Stedman Elementary School needs more time.
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