Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 4, 2021
After a mix-up between the assembly and the school board led to an unanticipated funding shortage for the school district, the Sitka Assembly is ponying up more money for Sitka’s schools. When the group met in a special meeting on Thursday (4-1-21) it approved an increase in funding for the district. But the money will only go through if Secure Rural Schools is reauthorized.
Secure Rural Schools is federal funding the city receives that can only be spent on schools and roads. It’s not guaranteed, and was only reauthorized a few years ago. Typically the city and the school district split the pot 50/50. But member Kevin Mosher, who initially voted against funding Sitka’s schools to “the cap” proposed the additional funding, promising 100 percent of Secure Rural Schools funds, if received, to the school district.
The Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service is seeking nominations for a new resource advisory committee.
The committee will comprise 15 residents with diverse interests and function under a formal charter in accordance with the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, according to Forest Service officials.
Members must reside within the state in which the committee has jurisdiction. Terms are four years and unpaid, though members may be reimbursed for travel expenses.
Resource Advisory Committee members will provide recommendations to the Forest Service on the development and implementation of special projects on federal lands.
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The Rocky Mountain Region of the US Forest Service is seeking nominations for a new resource advisory committee.
This committee will be comprised of 15 citizens with diverse interests and function under a formal charter in accordance with the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, according to USFS officials.
Members must reside within the state in which the committee has jurisdiction. Terms are four years and unpaid, though members may be reimbursed for travel expenses.
Resource Advisory Committee members will provide recommendations to the Forest Service on the development and implementation of special projects on federal lands.
Forest Service contracts for new Ravens Roost cabin near Petersburg
Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Mar 15, 2021
The view of Kupreanof Island and Petersburg Creek from near the site of the new cabin in January 2021 (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)
The U.S. Forest Service says a popular mountaintop recreational cabin near Petersburg will be replaced this year. The trail that leads to it has also been mostly redone and that work is slated to be completed in 2021 as well.
The Petersburg company Rainforest Contracting will build a new Ravens Roost Cabin at a site about a mile closer to the trailhead than the old cabin. The federal agency says that work is scheduled to begin in a few months.