Petty Officer 1st Class Abraham Medrano, a marine vessel inspector with Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak, observes timber cargo operations as part of a port state control exam aboard the motor vessel Alaska near Afognak Island, Alaska, north of Kodiak Island, June 18, 2019. The Alaska, a 600-foot, Panama-flagged cargo vessel, is required to be inspected by the Coast Guard …
Read More »Summer Camp promotes Alutiiq culture on Afognak Island
Dig Afognak camp on June 30, 2018. (Photo by Daysha Eaton/KMXT) Daysha Eaton/KMXT” ob The island of Afognak, near Kodiak, was devastated by the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake, which scattered its indigenous people to other parts of Alaska and the Lower 48. Many lost touch with their culture and language. But today, Afognak descendants are making sure a new generation …
Read More »Local Archaeologist makes new discoveries on Afognak Island
Museum archaeologist Patrick Saltonstall and helicopter pilot Keller Wattum documenting a petroglyph site on Afognak. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Saltonstall) Mitch Borden/KMXT A local researcher took to the air to do a survey on Afognak Island, but what was meant to be a routine assessment of known historical sites turned into a day full of surprises. Patrick Saltonstall usually travels …
Read More »Afognak Island Registration Elk Hunt will close on Friday
Elk eating grass. (Photo by Dan Dzurisin/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency order to close the Afognak Island Registration Elk Hunt on Friday, November 3rd at 11:59 pm. According to a press release from ADF&G, hunters have taken advantage of the region’s mild autumn to go out hunting. And they’ve had a lot …
Read More »Groups Conserve Habitat on Afognak Island
Thorsheim drainage on Afognak Island. Courtesy of Great Land Trust Kayla Desroches/KMXT An initiative to conserve one coastal habitat in the Kodiak Archipelago is now complete. The Thorsheim drainage on Afognak Island includes almost two thousand acres of natural habitat. It’s now safe from development and tree harvest. The executive director of the organization that mediated the agreement, Ellen Kazary …
Read More »Afognak Island Elk Study Looks at Balancing Logging With Game Management
Roosevelt elk, the type of elk found on Afognak Island. Dan Dzurisin / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT A study of elk and bears on an island in the Kodiak Archipelago will try to help balance game management and logging. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and its partners, including Kodiak area native corporations, are at the beginning of a two …
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