Tag: Beth Astley

As the Army begins the cleanup of Shoals Point, one Sitkan feels the losses outweigh the gains

Cleanup work began this fall on a former WWII defense site near Sitka, and some residents have already found the scale of the project disturbing. But the Army Corps of Engineers says Fort Babcock on Kruzof Island is heavily contaminated relative to other former WWII sites in Alaska, and the toxins present remain dangerous even 80 years after the war.Read More
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