Murkowski says the Niblack and Bokan Mountain mines could provide stable, well-paying jobs for hundreds of people. But with no roads to either site, workers would have to be boated or flown to and from the mines.
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Blogging on ice
The Juneau Icefield Research Program is entering the blogosphere.
Damage mounts from turf field vandalism
Fire damage to specialized equipment used to lay new turf at Juneau’s Adair Kennedy Memorial Field has been estimated at $20,000.
Low salmon runs around the state have subsistence fishermen worried
Poor salmon runs have rivers closing and limits being imposed around Alaska
Update: Torched turf equipment leaves project behind schedule
Tuesday’s fire at Adair Kennedy Memorial Field in the Mendenhall Valley will delay the turf replacement project, but the contractor says it will be done by football season.
House passes bill granting thousands of acres of National Forest to Sealaska
The U.S. House passed a bill today ceding tens of thousands of acres of the Tongass National Forest to the Sealaska Native Corporation.