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Coast Guard's Ambassadorial Musher
The Coast Guard joined forces with the Iditarod for the first time this year, sponsoring a musher in the race in an effort to spread the word about its increased focus on the Arctic and continuing operations in Alaska. Now having carried the Coast Guard flag to a fourth-place finish in Nome in this year's Iditarod, Fairbanks musher Ken Anderson is about to begin the next phase of his relationship with his newest sponsor--the role of ambassador. KCHU's Erik Wander has more:
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Ice Radar Returns to Service
The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council is hailing Alyeska for repairing the Sound’s iceberg-detecting radar system, which was brought back into service March 14th after a roughly six-month absence. The system is not yet operating in the Coast Guard’s Valdez Vessel Traffic Center, which oversees tanker traffic in the Sound, but the Coast Guard says it's awaiting updated software to resolve the problem. KCHU's Erik Wander has more:
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Port Authority Moves Forward Without North Slope Borough
The North Slope Borough's withdrawal from the
Alaska Gasline Port Authority will not hinder the Port Authority's plans to
acquire Fairbanks Natural Gas, to truck natural gas from the North Slope to
consumers in the Fairbanks area and other points, including Valdez, or to build
a gas pipeline from the North Slope to Valdez. Valdez Mayor and Port Authority
chairman Bert Cottle made those statements during a special meeting of the
Valdez City Council Thursday in the wake of the North Slope Borough's request to
withdraw earlier in the week. (Story by Erik Wander)
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Copper River Watershed Up-River
Saturday's Wild Food Feast and Film Festival at
the American Legion Hall in Glennallen is being sponsored by the Copper River
Watershed Project. The non-profit group hopes to boost membership in the region
in order to leverage funding from outside sources for such projects as habitat
restoration, tourism and environmental education programs. Organizers also hope the event provides an opportunity for
people who live in the upper part of the watershed to learn more about what the
Cordova-based group is doing in the region. KCHU's Erik Wander has more:
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Board Denies Chitina Dip-netters
The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted Sunday to
once again classify Chitina dip-netters as personal-use rather than subsistence
fishermen. The 6-0 vote came during a meeting in Anchorage after the board was
ordered by a judge to revisit a 2003 decision in which the dip-netters were
switched from subsistence to personal use classification. Since 1984, the
Chitina dipnet fishery has bounced back and forth between the two designations.
According to the Chitina Dipnetters Association, the only remaining recourse is
to appeal the case to the Alaska Supreme Court, but that decision has yet to be made. KCHU's Erik Wander has more:
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Methane Digestors
A Denali Commission grant
in partnership with Cordova Electric, UAF and supported by National
Geographic through Solar Cities has launched the Cordova High School
science club on a world wide project to both recycle waste and create
methane gas for commercial use in local business. Carolyn Roesbery has
more:
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Citizens' Council Names New Director
A former Valdez Coast Guard commander is set to head the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council, the citizen watchdog group that promotes environmentally safe operation of the Alyeska Pipeline marine terminal in Valdez and the oil tankers that use it. KCHU's Erik Wander has more:
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Alyeska Reports Fishing Vessel Shortfall
Fishing vessels played a vital role after the
Exxon Valdez oil spill, providing equipment and manpower for protecting
sensitive areas and recovering and cleaning up oil. Under the state-mandated
contingency plan for cleaning up tanker oil spills, Alyeska must maintain
contracts with at least 350 trained fishing vessels from Prince William Sound,
Cook Inlet and Kodiak Island. But the operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline and
Valdez tanker port is now reporting a shortfall in the Prince William
Sound-based part of the fleet. Alyeska is therefore teaming up with the Prince
William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council for a project aimed at fixing
the fishing vessel program. KCHU's Erik Wander has more:
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Paper Conservator at Valdez Museum
The
question of how best to preserve paper records, photographs and other
paper-based artifacts is of particular relevance to museum curators in Alaska.
That's why the Alaska State Museum currently has a visiting professional paper
conservator traveling to several locales in the state to examine collections,
provide professional advice and perform basic treatments on paper-based
holdings. His first stop in a series that will also include visits to Anchorage,
Fairbanks and Petersburg, is the Valdez Museum. KCHU's Erik Wander has more:
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House Fincance Committee Denies MAP
The House Finance Committee this week rejected
an effort to provide funding for Marine Advisory Program agents slated to be
cut. Monday's 7-to-3 vote, in which the committee rejected a proposed amendment
to the state's budget, put the future of MAP offices in five coastal
communities across the state in doubt. Among those offices is one in Cordova.
KCHU's Erik Wander has more:
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