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Advisory committee supports proposal to protect commercial king harvest share
Members of the Wrangell Fish and Game Advisory Committee are concerned about the future of commercial salmon fishing as Alaska’s tourism industry continues to expand, bringing in more non-resident fishers on charter trips. The advisory committee s...
State board approves elk hunt on Zarembo for next year
The state Board of Game has approved a proposal to reopen an elk hunt on Zarembo Island, though the odds that a local could nab a tag and take a bull will be low — a small number of tags will be available and the drawing will be open to hunters n...
Ketchikan assembly member Bynum challenges 4-term incumbent Ortiz for state House
A Republican Ketchikan Gateway Borough assembly member is challenging the four-term incumbent to represent Ketchikan, Wrangell, Metlakatla, Coffman Cove and other communities of southern Southeast...
State moves shrimp fishery to spring; no harvest this year
The state Board of Fisheries’ decision last month to move the Southeast commercial shrimp pot fishery from a fall start to spring means there will be no harvest this year. The Department of Fish and Game told the board that a spring harvest could hel...
Fisheries Council votes to limit trawl fleet bycatch of halibut
Halibut bycatch by the Bering Sea trawl fleet could be reduced by up to one-third following a vote by the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council. After days of deliberation and public testimony at the online council meeting, the members voted...
Fish Factor: Seafood is Alaska's top export, source of state's largest manufacturing base
Most Alaskans are surprised to learn that seafood is by far Alaska’s top export, the source of the state’s largest manufacturing base and its #1 private employer. More surprising is that those simple to find facts are not included in the off...
Culture camp, other projects approved in RAC meeting
The Wrangell-Petersburg-Kake Resource Advisory Committee met last Tuesday evening, June 2, to consider multiple projects to recommend funding for. Among these was a plan for a culture camp, presented...
RAC meeting interrupted by snoring participant
The local Resource Advisory Committee, which covers the areas of Wrangell, Petersburg, and Kake, held a series of meetings last week. The RAC, for those who are unaware, is a committee of residents of these three areas that advise the Forest Service...
Alaska Fish Factor
Federal agencies are meeting now through next March to define U.S. dietary guidelines for 2020-2025, and a high powered group of doctors and nutritionists are making sure the health benefits of seafood are front and center. For the first time in the...
Forest Service RAC discuss culture camp, other future projects
The local Forest Service Resource Advisory Committee (RAC), which covers the areas of Wrangell, Petersburg, and Kake, held a meeting last Saturday to discuss a variety of projects the Forest Service is considering in the near future. Among these...
Assembly to tackle budget at upcoming workshops
Next week the Wrangell Assembly is scheduled to parse over its line items and budget figures for the coming fiscal year. Bound drafts were handed out to members at their Tuesday evening meeting, to digest before a pair of sessions set for May 1 and...
Wrangell BoF AC to recommend limits on crab pots and shrimp catch
The Wrangell Advisory Committee (AC) to the Board of Fish reviewed shellfish proposals for the coming 2017-18 year last week, focusing primarily on several shrimp and crab measures. Made up of various sport, commercial and subsistence users, locally-...
Cabin on Zarembo now open to public
Last week a new public cabin was added to Wrangell Ranger District's list, with the U.S. Forest Service's administrative camp at Deep Bay converted into a two-building recreational site. The cabin wil... Full story
Forest Service finding ways to cooperate with maintenance
A crowd-drawing discussion on recreation funding held by the Forest Service Tuesday evening made the council chambers at City Hall feel unusually short for space. About two dozen members of the public met with staff of the Wrangell Ranger District... Full story
Swan Lake expansion on track for 2016
This year's planned expansion of one of its primary hydropower facilities weighed high on the list of priorities for Southeast Alaska Power Agency's governing board when it met in Wrangell late last w... Full story
Tongass talks invite comments to forest plan amendment
Members of the community were invited to the Wrangell Ranger District Office on Jan. 13, to meet and greet with some of the minds behind the latest proposals for the future Tongass management plan. Th...
Timber advisory committee concludes recommendations
Members of the Tongass Advisory Committee (TAC) ended a series of meetings last week in Ketchikan, finalizing its recommendations on an updated management strategy for the country’s largest national forest. The TAC was formed 16 months ago to review...
Middle Ridge closed after vandalism incident
The public cabin at Middle Ridge has been closed down for the week, following reports of vandalism over the Thanksgiving weekend. An Alaska Wildlife Trooper who discovered the scene on Sunday called the United States Forest Service’s Wrangell o... Full story
Stikine River hot spring tubs renovated
Repairs to public sites at the Stikine River's popular hot springs have been completed. Located on the mainland some 28 miles northwest of Wrangell, the Chief Shakes Hot Springs flow into a slough...
Hot springs repair work to begin in July
WRANGELL, Alaska – The Chief Shakes Hot Springs Recreation Area, a popular recreation site in the Wrangell Ranger District, will undergo repairs beginning this summer. Scheduled work includes foundation repairs to decaying cedar posts on the i...
F&G committee issues trooper letter and tines proposal
Convening for its last regular meeting of the year, the dozen members of Wrangell’s Fish and Game Advisory Committee recapped recent regulatory changes and looked ahead to future challenges. Advisory committees are locally-organized groups of resourc... Full story
TAC members identify common ground in timber transition
Tongass Advisory Committee (TAC) members compiled work-group draft recommendations for the Tongass National Forest’s timber management plan amendment at their Nov. 19-21 meeting in Sitka. Present at the recent meeting was USDA Under Secretary of A...
Stikine documentary explores the importance of water
A film crew working on a documentary that will highlight the relationship between the Stikine River and those who rely on it stopped into Wrangell last week. "We're gathering people's stories on why... Full story
Lack of membership could cripple local Forest Service project funding
A committee made up of local citizens who collaborate with and recommend projects to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) might disappear if new members don’t apply to fill current vacancies on the committee. The Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) is m...
Coalition seeks funds for Stikine monitoring
It may not be among the sexiest causes in the world, but it might be crucial to anyone who makes their living near the Stikine River. The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition went before the US Forest Service’s Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) seeki...
