Tall tales abound in regards to the giant blocks near Lemon Creek. The stories behind the mysterious blocks are almost too good to be true: Ancient monoliths, hatches for alien space craft, White Alice — even cow graves. But nothing is really, so to speak, concrete.
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Army Corps requires less wetlands mitigation in Alaska
Over the last three years, wetlands mitigation hasn’t been happening as often as it used to, and conservation groups are concerned. Whether the change is intentional or incidental is disputed.
Why isn’t Gastineau Channel navigable all the way through?
Curious Juneau examines why Gastineau Channel isn’t maintained as a through waterway. Instead most vessels have to take the long way around Douglas Island.
Why’d they put the whale way over there?
In this Curious Juneau, we look back at why the city put a massive bronze whale so far from the center of downtown.
Army Corps Denies Easement For Dakota Access Pipeline
The decision essentially halts the construction of the oil pipeline right above the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and it also comes as protests at the site continued to grow.
Army Corps proposes rules for mining company’s treatment of historic sites
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has drafted a set of rules on how mining company Donlin Gold will have to treat historical sites it may encounter if a proposed project is approved.
Melting Ice In Greenland Could Expose Serious Pollutants From Buried Army Base
Camp Century was a research station and test site for deploying nuclear missiles before it was abandoned under the ice in the ’60s. Scientists say pollutants left behind may spread as the ice melts.
Petersburg pursues dredging project for south harbor
Petersburg Borough Assembly has asked the federal agency to help it conduct a feasibility study to dredge the south harbor, where many of the larger boats have been going aground due to the rising basin. Assembly members have approved $325,000 for the dredging study.
A Long, Complicated Battle Over 9,000-Year-Old Bones Is Finally Over
The 1996 discovery of Kennewick Man, one of the oldest North American human skeletons ever found, erupted in an unprecedented fight between scientists and Native American beliefs.
Denali Commission faces internal hurdles ahead of threatened villages effort
The commission tasked by the president to help Alaska communities threatened by climate change also has it’s own issues to deal with.