25Feb 2013 by Angie Eldred
Yakutat Coastal Learning Center

Yakutat Coastal Learning Center

Community Watershed Stewardship
The City and Borough of Yakutat Office of Planning and Natural Resources has partnered with Yakutat Public Schools, the US Forest Service, and Americorps to develop the Yakutat Coastal Learning Center. The goal of this project is to establish the office of Planning and Natural Resources as the center of education, research and public outreach in the Yakutat community. The project, staffed by Bill Lucey and Sarah Liben of the Planning and Natural Resources office, and Americorps member Phillip Carson, will accomplish this goal through an array of different objectives and projects including: -the development and integration of a place-based environmental curriculum focusing on themes related to fisheries and wildlife for grades K-12 -the development of a science center for use by researchers, community members, students -the involvement of students…
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22Feb 2013 by Angie Eldred
Local Wood, Local Building: Bike Shelter Coming to Sitka Sound Science Center

Local Wood, Local Building: Bike Shelter Coming to Sitka Sound Science Center

Community Watershed Stewardship
(post written by Ray Friedlander, shared from Sitka Conservation Society)    Notorious for having bikes chained along its railway, the Sitka Sound Science center is upgrading its parking for those traveling on wheels. The Construction Tech class at Sitka High, under the instruction of Randy Hughey, is building a bike shelter for the Science center made of young growth Sitka spruce and old growth red cedar from Prince of Wales Island. The 6,000 board feet of this Alaskan wood was milled by Mel Cooke of Last Chance Enterprises out of Thorne Bay. From Cooke’s perspective, the logs are very easy to work with – very symmetrical, very little taper, and mostly comes out straight. “I enjoy cutting it, it cuts real easy, and the wood looks really good– beautiful boards” says…
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