Apr 3, 2014 | Community Watershed Stewardship
The only permanent settlement on Admiralty Island, 55 miles Southwest of Juneau and 41 miles North of Sitka, Angoon is a small community of about 570 residents. Because of the community’s remote location, produce available in town is very expensive and has...Aug 5, 2013 | Community Watershed Stewardship
Food security and self-reliance are critical components to building sustainable communities in Southeast Alaska. Southeast communities’ characteristic remoteness and isolation make transport and delivery of important resources such as food or fuel more...Feb 27, 2013 | Community Watershed Stewardship
Takshanuk Watershed Council organized a Youth Beach Cleanup effort this past August to improve water quality and bring awareness to the effects of improper waste disposal. Many of the beaches in this area, especially those with a southern exposure,...Feb 27, 2013 | Community Watershed Stewardship
The Chilkoot Indian Association and Takshanuk Watershed Council are working together on a Pilot Recreational Shellfish Beach Monitoring Program in the Haines area. The goal of this monitoring program is to build knowledge of local trends in paralytic...Feb 27, 2013 | Community Watershed Stewardship
The Takshanuk Watershed Council in Haines has instated a beach sampling program to test the town’s beaches for the presence of fecal coliform and enterococci bacteria. Impacts such as shoreline development, wastewater collection and treatment facilities,...