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Sep 21 2017
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The University of Alaska’s timber sale area on the Chilkat Peninsula. (Map courtesy University of Alaska)

University offers 400 acres on Chilkat Peninsula for timber sale

By | Southeast, Timber, University of Alaska

The University of Alaska is offering up 400 acres of its Haines-area land for timber harvest. The timing of the university’s decision was motivated by a conversation happening at the local level. The Haines Planning Commission is considering whether to restrict resource extraction in the Mud Bay area.

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Sep 15 2017
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(Photo courtesy of Christopher Liu)

NASA Mars mission gets an assist from Delta-grown engineer

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Education, Federal Government, Science & Tech, Southwest

Thousands of miles to the south of us, engineers at NASA are hard at work on the NeMO Mission, the next orbiter mission to Mars. They got a little help this summer from an engineering intern from Bethel, and something called the Muktuk Plot.

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Sep 15 2017
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Work on University of Alaska Fairbanks' new 17-megawatt combined heat and power plant is about half done. University officials say it’s scheduled to go online in December 2018. (Photo by Tim Ellis/KUAC)

Arctic climate change researchers still conflicted over UAF’s coal-fired powerplant

By | Energy & Mining, Environment, Interior, University of Alaska

The new $245 million powerplant, scheduled to come online next year, will feature updated technology that’ll reduce most pollutants – but it will continue to emit greenhouse gases blamed for warming the planet. Many on campus say that conflicts with UAF’s leadership in Arctic climate-change research.

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