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Salmon killed when dam dismantled ANCHUKAGE—State Fish and Wildlife Protection officers are trying to figure out who dis mantled a beaver dam that spanned Campbell Creek. The action killed about 1,600 juvenile silver salmon when hab itat was destroyed and the fish were stranded in puddles and ponds. Removing a beaver dam is sometimes allowed if the dam causes flooding to homes, roads or other structures and if a permit is obtained from the state Department of Fish and Game. But even with a permit, beaver dams must be taken apart slowly to prevent fish kills, according to state Fish and Game biologists. Whoever dismantled the dam neatly piled the birch and alder branches on both sides of the creek. Apparently, all the work was done by hand, leaving no equipment tracks, investigators said. Same-sex marriage lawsuit dismissed ANCHORAGE—A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Anchorage men who claimed that the state’s marriage laws discrim inated against them. Judge Peter Michalski took the action this week, nearly a year after Alaska voters over whelmingly passed a constitu tional amendment limiting marriage to a union of one man and one woman, Jay Brause and Gene Dugan had claimed in their lawsuit that it was discriminatory to not allow same-sex couples the same health insurance and other benefits that married and unmarried hetero sexual couples enjoy. It was their lawsuit that spurred the petition drive that put the same-sex marriage amendment before voters last November. Bob Wagstaff, the lawyer rep resenting the two men, says the case will be appealed to the state Supreme Court. Wagstaff says his clients’ lawsuit is at its heart an equal-rights case, not a gay mar riage case. The Associated with another Elmendorf unit in January. Press Tribal organization got polici funds WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it was awarding 22 Alaska tribal organizations a total of $1.3 million in federal grants to hire police officers, pro vide training and purchase crime fighting equipment. The grants were awarded under Justice Department’s Of fice of Community Oriented Po licing Services, which encourages law enforcement agencies to work in partnership with commu nities to solve crime problems. Alaska was one of 26 states to receive $25 million dollars in funding for policing in Indian communities. The Akiachak Native Commu nity was awarded the largest grant in Alaska—$202,350 to hire two full-time and two part time police officers and to pur chase equipment. The Anvik Tribal Council was awarded $115,280 to hire one full-time po lice officer and purchase equip ment. Man hurt in fall from railroad bridge ANCHORAGE—An unidenti fied man was seriously injured Wednesday night when he fell from a railroad bridge over the Eklutna River as a train ap proached. Alaska Railroad chief special agent Dan Frerich said the man and a companion were on the bridge when a train approached about 6:30 p.m. The crew blew the train’s horn and applied the emergency brake, Frerich said. The man turned and then fell to the riverbank below, he said. A medical helicopter took the man to an Anchorage hospital. Police declined to release his name. His companion crawled out on a girder and was not hurt. The train was en route to Birchwood and wasn’t carrying any passengers, Frerich said.
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Fri, Sep 24, 1999
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