‘Adventure Sitka’ to adapt remote cabin for cruise passenger day trips
Plans are underway to repurpose the McGraw family's 50-year old hunting cabin near Sitka as a visitor venue for kayaking and paddleboarding.
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Silver Bay plans for two aquatic farm sites north of Sitka
A local seafood processor is getting into the shellfish game. Silver Bay Seafoods applied for two mariculture leases earlier this year. The leases are good for ten years. If approved by the state, they will install 22 rafts in two separate locations northwest of Sitka for raising shellfish.
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DNR proposes Nakwasina Sound land sale
The proposed sale is about eight miles north of downtown. It includes 485 acres of land on the west side of Lisianski Peninsula, near Dog Point. The land is off Sitka’s road system, about three miles north of the Starrigavan ferry terminal by water.
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Sitkans speak out against HB77
About 40 people turned out in Sitka last week to discuss House Bill 77. The bill is part of an effort by the Parnell Administration to streamline the process for permitting projects on state land. But some Sitkans are joining a chorus of critics who say the bill goes too far, and would curtail public participation in natural resource decisions.
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