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Here's the Denali Road Lottery Schedule |
| 1/20/2010 12:41:52 PM |
Posted January 19th, 2010 by Kurt Repanshek
There are lotteries for landing backcountry campsites in the national parks, lotteries for winning the privilege for floating down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park, and even lotteries for the chance to drive down the 92-mile-long Denali Park Road in Denali National Park & Preserve during the fall color season.
Those who win the coveted permits for the Denali Park Road Lottery -- yes, that's how it's referred to in Alaska, not a lottery for Denali Park Road permits -- take to it in mid-September (if weather allows) -- after the park's shuttle buses cease operations for the year. Now, how far they get on the road is impossible to predict. |
READ MORE - NationalParksTraveler.com
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Denali Accepting Applications for 2010 Road Lottery |
| 1/14/2010 5:58:32 PM |
| his year's annual Denali Road Lottery is taking place on September 17, 18, 19 and 20 so get your entry in now!
Each September, Denali National Park and Preserve hosts a four-day event known as the Road Lottery. During these four days, winners of a lottery drawing are given a chance to purchase a single, permit, allowing them to drive as much of the Denali Park Road as weather allows. |
READ MORE - About.com
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Congressional bill establishes Kenai Mountain and Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area |
| 12/21/2009 5:09:31 PM |
| By Jim Richardson and Mona Painter
Special to the Turnagain Times
In 1997, Jackie Sewell, Janet McCabe, Mona Painter and other members of the Kenai Peninsula Historical Association (KPHA) talked about the National Heritage Area Program in the eastern United States in relation to local historical sites, such as Alaska Nellie's place on Kenai Lake. Jim Richardson congratulated the group on their presentation at a 1998 KPHA meeting in Seward and was quickly appointed chair of a committee to study the possibility of a peninsula National Heritage Area. |
READ MORE - Turnagain Times
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Deadline for scoping comments for the DENALI STATE PARK TRAIL MANAGEMENT PLAN |
| 12/17/2009 8:32:25 AM |
| December 15
Comments can be submitted easily at the trails management website at www.dnr.alaska.gov/park/plans/denalidenalitrail.htm. The website also includes a link to an on-line questionnaire. Anyone interested in the Denali State Park trail system is encouraged to submit comments and/or a completed questionnaire during this information gathering stage of the planning process. For more information contact Claire Holland LeClair, Project Leader, at 907-269-8696 or claire.leclair@alaska.gov
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SUBMIT COMMENTS - TRAILS MANAGEMENT
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Commercial fishermen face 26% decrease in halibut limit |
| 12/17/2009 8:28:58 AM |
By Kim Marquis
Commercial halibut fishermen facing a 26 percent cut in their catch limit next season are calling on the agency that manages the fishery to stop overharvest by another group.
The Halibut Coalition wants the National Marine Fisheries Service to use its emergency authority to curb any potential overharvest by the charter sector in 2010, said President Linda Behnken, who also acts as executive director of the Alaska Long Line Fishermen's Association. |
READ MORE - JUNEAU EMPIRE
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ACA CHALLENGES ENTRY FEE |
| 9/18/2009 12:08:43 PM |
The Alaska Cruise Association has filed a complaint with the United States District Court in Alaska seeking relief from a $46.00 fee imposed on the passengers of its member cruise lines as a condition of their entry into Alaska (the “Entry Fee”).
Alaska Cruise Association Website
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Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
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36 Hours in Juneau, Alaska |
| 9/16/2009 3:35:46 PM |
| RESIDENTS of Juneau brag that their town is the most beautiful capital city in America, and they have a strong argument. Juneau is inside the Tongass National Forest, part of the world’s largest temperate rain forest. Old-growth groves and glaciers lie within the municipal limits, snow-capped mountains loom overhead, and whales and other marine wildlife are a short boat ride away. But despite Juneau’s overall utilitarian vibe, there’s more to the town’s appeal than natural beauty. Gold Rush-era buildings, art galleries, quality regional theater and fresh seafood make for pleasant companions to Juneau’s stunning surroundings. |
Read More - NY Times
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Alaskans rethinking cruise passenger tax |
| 8/12/2009 2:55:36 PM |
By: Johanna Jainchill
August 11, 2009
It took a grassroots movement to get Alaska’s $50 head tax on cruise ship passengers enacted. It may take another grassroots movement to have it rolled back.
That was the conclusion reached by attendees at the Economic Summit on Tourism, Southeast Alaska, held June 24 in Juneau, where legislators heard from local tour operators, small-town mayors and owners of hotels, all united to address a common problem facing the Frontier State: a severe downturn in tourism, compounded by an expected 14% decrease in cruise passengers in 2010. |
More - Travel Weekly
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Wolf-control program challenged in Congress |
| 8/10/2009 12:09:35 PM |
WASHINGTON -- Alaska's predator control program to kill wolves, which drew renewed national scrutiny during former Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for vice president, is under attack in Congress.
Two California Democrats have introduced legislation that would all but ban the practice of shooting wolves from airplanes to control their numbers. The legislation, introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. George Miller, would force Alaska game officials to declare a biological emergency that shows the imminent collapse of a species without the program.
Even if the state could demonstrate such an emergency, the law would limit aerial hunting to state or federal wildlife employees, barring private contractors that are currently allowed to kill wolves from fixed-wing airplanes. |
More - ADN
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Declining king run devastating to Alaska river villages |
| 8/5/2009 8:56:02 AM |
| One Alaska river after another has been closed to king fishing this summer because significant numbers of fish failed to return to spawn. The dismally weak return follows weak runs last summer and poor runs in 2007, which also resulted in emergency fishing closures.
King salmon spend years in the Bering Sea before returning as adults to rivers where they were born to spawn and die. Biologists speculate that the mostly likely cause was a shift in Pacific Ocean currents, but food availability, changing river conditions and predator-prey relationships could be affecting the fish. |
More - ADN
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