High Wind Warnings are in effect for the southern panhandle and Baranof Island, but Juneau will be a bit calmer.
Environment
Scientists, conservationists to hold forum on proposed Juneau-Douglas second crossing
The forum will feature panelists from organizations like the Southeast Alaska Land Trust, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Audubon Alaska and Territorial Sportsmen, Inc.
Climate change makes farming easier in Alaska. Indigenous growers hope to lead the way.
A new training program in the Interior aims to help Alaska Native communities grow more of their own food.
Juneau Assembly discusses funding for flood preparation, as residents ask for more guidance
Representatives from the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida, City Manager Katie Koester and Mayor Beth Weldon are headed to Washington, D.C. this week to advocate for additional federal money to support a possible flood mitigation study.
$15 million EPA grant for Southeast composting projects latest in local expansion efforts
Tlingit and Haida will use the money to expand composting in Juneau and tribal communities across Southeast Alaska. It’s part of a larger trend of funding for composting in the region.
Visitors to Alaska’s national parklands pumped $2.3 billion into the state’s economy, report says
The 3.3 million visitors who came to Alaska’s national park sites in 2023 spent about $1.5 billion in the local regions, according to the Park Service’s annual visitor spending effects report.
After a string of fatal landslides, is this a new normal for Southeast Alaska?
The string of recent deadly slides is changing the way people look at their surroundings and plan for the future in a changing climate.
Juneau officials discuss short and long-term glacial flood preparation, as Suicide Basin fills again
City leaders say they’re working with federal partners on strategies to endure a future of floods in the Mendenhall Valley, following a second year of record-breaking flooding.
New research hopes to find better ways to manage interactions between Juneau’s black bears and people
A survey to learn more about the way people interact with bears around town was sent out this spring to 5,000 randomly selected residents.
As Juneau residents dry out from the flood, some wonder which repairs are worth it
Staying completely dry might be difficult, if not impossible, but it’s also hard to make peace with letting the water in again and again. Both options are expensive.