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November 05, 2003
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front page photo by Carl Thompson Ketchikan: Front
Page Photo 'Pennock Island' - This photograph of Pennock
Island and mist rising from the Tongass was taken Tuesday morning
just past Forest Park Drive heading into Ketchikan... Alaska: Dramatic
reduction in tobacco sales to minors; Separate survey shows nearly
a 50% decrease in high school student smoking since 1995
- The Alaska Department of Health & Social Services on Tuesday
released survey results, which show that efforts to decrease
tobacco use by Alaska youth are working. In 2003, illegal tobacco
sales to youth decreased from 30 percent to 10 percent, one of
the lowest levels in the nation. The rate refers to the percent
of illegal tobacco sales that tobacco vendors make to a statewide
team of undercover youth during the annual Synar survey. The
2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) shows a nearly 62 percent
decrease in heavy smoking from 1995 to 2003. -
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Ketchikan: ADFY
Members Receive Award For Creative Ad - ADFY Director Marya
Tyler said Alaskans for Drug Free Youth (ADFY) members are interested
in saving lives, not winning awards. Nevertheless, they were
awarded the highest radio broadcast award in the state - the
Goldie Award - at the recent Alaska Broadcasters Association
convention. - Read
more... Alaska: North Pacific Fishery Management Council Praised for Solving $40 Million Dilemma - At its October meeting in Anchorage, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted a new system of setting Total Allowable Catch (TAC), the overall limit of how much seafood commercial fisheries can harvest each year. Ron Clarke, Executive Director
of the Marine Conservation Alliance, praised the Council's action
in the face of a thorny dilemma."The law directs the Council
to use the best available science, but a Court order based on
another law prohibited them from doing so," Clarke said.
"It seemed like an unsolvable puzzle." - Read
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Alaska: Anchorage
Man Sentenced for Criminal Non-Support; Judge Orders Man to Pay
for Grown Children - Christopher Rogers, 47, of Anchorage,
was convicted of criminal non-support on October 30, 2003 for
failure to pay more than $60,000 in back child support. Rogers'
children are now adults. - Read
more... Alaska: Alaska
Game Board Approves Aerial Killing of Wolves, Says Defenders
of Wildlife - Tuesday the Alaska Board of Game approved permits
that will allow the shooting of large numbers of wolves either
directly from airplanes or after chasing the animals to the point
of exhaustion and then landing the aircraft to kill the them
on foot. The Board's decision came despite the fact that twice
Alaskans have voted to ban the practice (1996 and 2000) in statewide
referenda. - Read
more... Alaska - Forest
Service Announces Greens Creek Mine Tailings Decision - The
Tongass National Forest has announced publication of the Record
of Decision concerning the Greens Creek Mine Tailings Disposal
Environmental Impact Statement. The underground metals mine is
located near Hawk Inlet on northern Admiralty Island approximately
18 miles southwest of Juneau. The mine, which has been in operation
for more than 15 years, produces silver, zinc and lead, as well
as other base metals. - Read
more... Alaska: Conservation
Groups Intervene to Protect Alaska's National Parks - On
Tuesday the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Alaska
Center for the Environment (ACE), and The Wilderness Society
(TWS) came to the defense of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
in Alaska, intervening on behalf of the National Park Service
in a lawsuit filed by a family who have illegally bulldozed a
road through the park. The conservation groups are represented
in the case by Trustees for Alaska. -
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Science: Red Sea Urchin Discovered To Be One Of Earth's Oldest Animals - A new study has concluded that the red sea urchin, a small spiny invertebrate that lives in shallow coastal waters, is among the longest living animals on Earth - they can live to be 100 years old, and some may reach 200 years or more in good health with few signs of age. In other words, an individual
red sea urchin that hatched on the day in 1805 that Lewis and
Clark arrived in Oregon may still be thriving - and even breeding.
The research was just published in a professional journal, the
U.S. Fishery Bulletin, by scientists from Oregon State
University and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It
may have important implications for management of a commercial
fishery and our understanding of marine biology, as well as challenge
some erroneous assumptions about the life cycle of this never-say-die
marine species. - Read
more... National:
John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards to Honor Young Americans
for Exceptional Public Service - Harvard University's Institute
of Politics and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced
on Tuesday the creation of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards
to recognize young Americans who have changed their communities
and their country through their commitment to public service.
The New Frontier Awards celebrate President John F. Kennedy's
legacy of promoting young Americans' political involvement. -
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