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Posted: Tue, 23 Feb. 2021
Expires: Thu, 25 Mar. 2021

The Alaska Community Forest Council (ACFC) is holding its spring quarterly meeting on Friday, March 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The meeting will be held via the online meeting platform Zoom. Members of the public who would like to join the meeting should contact the Community Forestry Program at communityforestry@alaska.gov to get details on how to log into the meeting. Agenda items include ACFC Arbor Day grants, applications for new members, and an update of the Council’s bylaws.

The Council is a nonprofit organization and advisory body to the Division of Forestry that works to improve Alaskans’ quality of life by expanding and caring for urban and community forests. The council promotes the management of trees and forests within communities to maximize the economic, environmental and social benefits of trees.

Information about the Council and the Division of Forestry’s Community Forestry Program is available on the web at http://forestry.alaska.gov/community/council or by contacting the Community Forestry Program office at 296-8465, communityforestry@alaska.gov or by contacting Meg Burgett, Chair, Alaska Community Forest Council at (907) 315-9339, tripleb@mtaonline.net

Posted: Sun, 21 Feb. 2021
Expires: Tue, 23 Mar. 2021

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking comments on the 2020 Draft Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report.

Every two years, DEC is required to report on the condition of Alaska’s waters according to the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). This report describes to Alaskans the health of Alaska’s waters and includes the list of impaired (polluted) waters. The Integrated Report also helps the State prioritize waters for appropriate action such as data gathering, watershed protection, and restoration of impaired waters.

The 2020 Integrated Report reflects changes to previous years’ reports. DEC is proposing a number of changes to existing waterbody classifications, including identifying healthy waters and removing waters from the impaired list where there are now plans in place or more recent data shows the water to be healthy.

Significant changes include:

• 11 Ketchikan beaches are proposed as Category 5 for impairment from bacteria
• Silver Bay is proposed as Category 4b for residues
• Cold Bay is proposed as Category 4b for petroleum hydrocarbons
• Lake Lucile is proposed as Category 4a for PAH
• Tongass Narrows is proposed as Category 2 for residues
• King Cove is proposed as Category 2 for residues

A public meeting will be held virtually on February 24, 2021 from 4-6:00pm, instructions for attending the public meeting remotely and the full list of waters can be found on the DEC web site:
http://dec.alaska.gov/water/water-quality/integrated-report/.

THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS IS 11:59 PM AKST March 22, 2021.

We encourage you to comment electronically via our public notice site at https://dec.alaska.gov/comment/. Written comments will also be accepted, submit to:

Amber Bethe
555 Cordova Street
Anchorage, Alaska 99501

drew.grant@alaska.gov

Phone: 907-269-7955

Fax: 907-334-2415

If you are a person with a disability who may need a special accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Brian Blessington at (907) 269-6272 not later than March 8, 2021 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

Posted: Sun, 21 Feb. 2021
Expires: Tue, 23 Mar. 2021

The Ketchikan School Board will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, beginning at 6 p.m.  via WebEx. 

The meeting will be streamed live at www.kgbak.us/meeting.videos and may also be viewed on the local KPU channel ...

To download the agenda and detailed information click here or on the website link below.

Posted: Sun, 21 Feb. 2021
Expires: Sat, 27 Feb. 2021

Event: Community Connections Board Meeting Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm Location: Videoconference (Zoom) The Community Connections Board of Directors will meet virtually at 5:30 p.m. Community members are always invited to attend, to comment or to ask questions. For the Zoom link, see https://comconnections.org/about-us/board-of-directors/

Posted: Thu, 18 Feb. 2021
Expires: Sat, 20 Mar. 2021