Ice on the Russian Creek. (Photo by Cindy Trussell / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Two creeks are flooding roads out in Bells Flats, and the borough is trying to remedy the problem. The Borough Lands Committee discussed the issue at a meeting yesterday. Resource Management Officer Maggie Slife explained Russian Creek is the main culprit for flooding roads and houses. The …
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Firewood. Liz West / Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT Piles of wood debris line the road following tree salvage in Chiniak. Starting today, people are free to take them. Both wood harvest and replanting is complete, and borough resource management officer Maggie Slife says the borough wants to give the community the chance to stock up on firewood. She says there’s both …
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Maggie Slife. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Last month a newcomer to Kodiak’s government, but not to Kodiak, filled the position of borough resource management officer 20-something Maggie Slife is Kodiak-raised and just took over from long-time borough employee Duane Dvorak. Slife’s background is in geological engineering, which she explains is the step right before civil engineering. She says it’s all …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak Island Borough staff and assembly members have been planning for timber salvage and replanting in Chiniak since the Twin Creeks fire ravaged the area in 2015. Staff will update the assembly on recovery efforts at the assembly work session tonight. Resource Management Officer Maggie Slife says A-1 Timber Consultants has wrapped up logging the damaged trees. NorthWind …
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