Gravel says pipeline support growing in Senate
Senator Mike Gravel reports growing backing in the Senate for prompt Alaska pipeline action. He notes discussions with colleagues who understand the Jackson bill would only send the project back to the courts for years and that environmental requirements could be deemed satisfied by his amendment.
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Washington, D.C
Mike Gravel
Alaska
United States Senate
Alaska Democrat
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Gravel
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Interior Committee
Sen. Jackson
Sen
Saltwater Rearing Pens Declared Successful in Alaska
Gov William A Egan hailed Alaska s saltwater salmon rearing program as a significant achievement in fish culture The project showed three salmon species could be reared in saltwater pens for a year with minimal mortality and strong growth The Dept of Fish and Game and National Marine Fisheries Service released 52000 one year old coho and 18000 king smolts this spring with fish marked for later identification Roys noted sockeye smolts grew eight and a half inches vs about three inches in the wild and warned disease and salinity adaptation remain concerns as expansion continues with Sitka and Kachemak Bay pens to add capacity
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Juneau
William A. Egan
Alaska
Egan
Department of Fish and Game
National Marine Fisheries Service
Sitka
Kachemak Bay
Little Port Walter
Roys
Conservation society blasts Alaska forest management practices
The Alaska Conservation Society releases a resolution criticizing Ton gass National Forest practices and overall Alaska timber management. President Ernst Mueller cites 60 to 70 percent pricing with pulp scales, log raft waste, lost public funds, and environmental damage.
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Alaska Conservation Society
Alaska
Tongass
Society
Ernst Mueller
Fairbanks
Mueller
United States
Agriculture Officials Visit Alaska on Forest and Land Use Tour
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Robert W. Long and U S Forest Service chief John R. McGuire will visit Anchorage on June 17 for a week in Alaska. They will meet with federal and state officials, industry leaders, and researchers to review land use plans and proposed national forest areas under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. They will tour Fairbanks and Southeast Alaska including Sitka and Juneau and observe a balloon logging operation.
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Robert W. Long
John R. McGuire
U.S. Forest Service
Anchorage
Alaska
Walter L. Kubley
USDA
C. A. Yates
Long
McGuire
Robert E. Buckman
Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
The
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Research Service
Cooperative State Research Service
Extension Service
University of Alaska
Southcentral
Matanuska Valley
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Sitka
Juneau
Kake
Petersburg
William Egan
State Department
Weather Update With Light Rain and Fog Patches
Cloudy skies and light rain or showers with possible fog in the early morning. Light variable winds. Daytime highs around the low 60s and overnight lows in the mid 40s. Record high 62 and record low 34 both on June 11. Weekly rainfall totals 2.47 inches.
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