Carey Case named Petersburg’s district ranger
Petersburg has a new district ranger. The U.S. Forest Service hired Carey Case earlier this month after she spent four months unofficially in the role.
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by Hannah Flor | Jan 28, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, News, Syndicated | 0
Petersburg has a new district ranger. The U.S. Forest Service hired Carey Case earlier this month after she spent four months unofficially in the role.
Read Moreby Shelby Herbert | Oct 28, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
The Petersburg Ranger District has approved repairs to an aging public use cabin at the mouth of Portage Bay, on the north end of Kupreanof Island.
Read Moreby Shelby Herbert | Jul 18, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
A Forest Service entomologist says the Tongass is emerging from the latest insect outbreaks with “a bad haircut,” but it’s all part of a natural process.
Read Moreby Angela Denning, CoastAlaska | May 15, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
The U.S. Forest Service is planning to build a few dozen new cabins on the Tongass and Chugach National Forests in the coming years. The agency is proposing higher fees – $75 a night – to help keep up with the increased cost of maintenance.
Read Moreby Shelby Herbert | Sep 7, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
Celebrated climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell summited Devil’s Thumb in late August. But they couldn’t pull it off without the counsel of a local climber who’s had a decades-long love affair with the mountain.
Read Moreby Thomas Copeland | Aug 16, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
There could be up to five times as many streams in Alaska than previously thought, according to a group of scientists and programmers who have spent nearly a decade mapping the state.
Read Moreby Shelby Herbert | Jul 8, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
A Petersburg resident won the fifth annual Tongass ToughMan triathlon on Saturday, July 1st. The event drew 17 athletes out to swim across Zimovia Strait, then peddle and run across Wrangell.
Read Moreby Thomas Copeland | Jul 6, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0
The U.S. Forest Service awarded grants this summer that could help revitalize the logging industry in the Tongass National Forest. Two businesses in Southeast have received hundreds of thousands of dollars to re-tool their mills. Those grants could help tackle housing shortages in local communities.
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