Unalaska Valley News Today

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Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said they plan to remediate a half-dozen contaminated World War II sites in the Unalaska Valley this fall. They have been making slow but steady progress to remediate formerly used defense sites — or FUDS — across the island for decades.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says they’ll be cleaning up half a dozen contaminated World War II sites in the Unalaska Valley this fall; 13 organizations representing subsistence and commercial salmon fishermen in Western Alaska have signed a joint letter intended to protect chum salmon; and the UCSD basketball program wrapped up its 2022 Raider 3v3 Basketball Tournament.

The Bristol Bay Times - Serving Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon and Southwest villages

The Bristol Bay Times - Serving Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon and Southwest villages

The Bristol Bay Times - Serving Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon and Southwest villages

Unalaska may be one step closer to cleaning up some of the contaminated military sites left over from World War II.Formerly Used Defense Sites — or FUDS — are properties the military used for things like defense or weapons testing. And as anyone who has spent any time in Unalaska surely knows, there are World War II sites all over the island.Rena Flint is the project coordinator for the Amaknak FUDS, which covers 190 thousand acres across Unalaska and Amaknak Islands. And while the U.S. Army...

13:13 For more detailed reports about Unalaskas Formerly Used Defense Sites, visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website. The next Restoration Advisory Board meeting will take place virtually on Friday, Aug. 13 at 6 p.m. You can find upcoming FUDS events on our Community Calendar. TRANSCRIPT:  KUCB: Can you tell me a little bit about the work youre doing at the Amaknak FUDS. FLINT: So just to kind of set the stage, Formerly Used Defense Sites are a wide region, each one, so Amaknak FUDS is ...