Chitina Blog
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New rules for Copper River dipnetting season protect sensitive sites
June 5, 2024 Doug Vincent-Lang, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Ryan Anderson, commissioner of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities wrote an article published in the ADN June 5 about efforts to protect important cultural sites. The article “New rules for Copper River dipnetting season” discusses the recent efforts…
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Planning & Environmental Linkages (PEL) study for the McCarthy Road
June 1, 2024 Federal Highway Administration, the Alaska DOT&PF, and the National Park Service are working together to conduct a Planning & Environmental Linkages (PEL) study for the McCarthy Road. This study will evaluate transportation-related needs and opportunities along the McCarthy Road, identify and evaluate potential improvements, and propose recommendations for future implementation. The PEL study…
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Chitina building on top 10 state list of endangered building
May 5, 2024 My nomination of the Chitina “emporium” building was accepted on the state top 10 (11) endangered historic buildings list. I was successful in getting it listed for the first time last year, but not securing a grant for stabilization work – I’ll try again in June. Following is the full announcement by…
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Emporium Update – A Buyer? And Killoran Boxes
In July I made a short trip to Chitina staying a couple nights at the Liberty Falls campground and spending the days around town and hiking south of Obrien Creek where my wife Sharon found a 1917 date nail! I continue to work on the idea of developing the Chitina Emporium, but at a modest,…
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Chitina Traditional Indian Village Council
This updated website popped up in my Facebook feed and connects to information about the council and its many programs providing assistance to tribal members including a local health clinic. https://www.chitina.org The site currently indicates that the tribal administrator position is open, but I’ve learned this week that its currently being filled by Dean Barlip.…
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Ancient Glacial Lake Ahtna
I was recently discussing my interest of the Chitina area history with Dr. Charles Holmes. He pointed out that one of the challenges that archeologist have found studying the area has been finding sites for study. New sites have been found as a result of studying the past possible shore lines of Lake Ahtna that…
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Ahtna History Resources
The Ahtna Regional Corporation’s Culture and History resources are a great place to start exploring the area’s people and history. Here an example of the resources from the site. As I start working on curating information about the history, including cataloging the material I’ve collected and the new collection of material from the estate of…