Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough will pursue replanting at least two types of trees in the Chiniak area. At its regular meeting last night, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approved entering into a contract with Koncor Forest Products to buy spruce tree seedlings for reforestation of the burned Chiniak area. According to Resource Management Officer Duane Dvorak, staff is …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT The issue of reforestation in the burned area of Chiniak will come again before the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly at its regular meeting tonight (THURS). The assembly will review a draft for a contract with Anchorage-based Koncor Forest Products to purchase 300,000 spruce tree seedlings. In the regular meeting packet is a letter to Resource Management Officer Duane …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT One item under new business for tonight’s Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting is the purchase of spruce tree seedlings for reforestation of the area burned in the Twin Creeks fire. The assembly and borough staff have been discussing reforestation hand in hand with timber harvest in that area, a process which is ongoing. The recovery of that …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is considering both reforestation and building new developments in Chiniak. The area is currently undergoing timber harvest following damage from the Twin Creeks fire. At the assembly work session Thursday, assembly members and borough staff spoke about replanting trees and finding other uses for Chiniak land as well. Borough Manager Michael Powers said …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak Island Borough staff has an eye toward reforestation in the Chiniak area damaged by the Twin Creeks fire, but first, they need to harvest the trees and see how much they can salvage and sell abroad. Resource Management Officer Duane Dvorak says, right now, A-1 Timber is in the preliminary stages of harvest. “They are doing some …
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