| Federal Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday June 23, 2024 ( 5 items ) |
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $108 Million in Transportation Investments to Improve Infrastructure and Road Safety on Federal and Tribal Lands
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release:
"Good transportation infrastructure is vital to the well-being of those traveling on Federal Lands and for those living and working in Native American, Alaska Native, and other indigenous peoples' communities," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "The grants we are announcing today will help make travel in these areas safer."
"Improving safety for those
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Justice Department Finds Alaska Discriminates Against Voters With Disabilities
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 18, 2024:
The Justice Department announced today its findings (https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-document/letter-findings-us-vs-state-alaska) that Alaska violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide an accessible ballot for in-person voting, selecting inaccessible polling places for federal, state and local elections and maintaining an inaccessible elections web
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New Evidence of Seasonal and Temperature-Driven Movement of Alaska Pollock Across the U.S.-Russia Maritime Boundary
WASHINGTON, June 21 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story:
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Scientists use innovative technology to track northwest migrations in the late spring and early summer and southeast migrations in the winter. Migrations appear to be driven by water temperature.
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Scientists placed specially designed moorings, equipped with sonar, on the seafloor to acoustically monitor pollock abundance and move
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Restoring Coral and Stream Banks Through the National Fish Habitat Partnership
WASHINGTON, June 19 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Habitat Conservation issued the following feature story:
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Partners are making great strides in habitat restoration and angler engagement projects in Hawaii and Alaska.
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In 2023, NOAA Fisheries funded several projects to restore habitat through the coastal National Fish Habitat Partnerships. Since then, partners have made considerable progress on this work, actively engaging local communi
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U.S. Department of Commerce Allocates More Than $12M in Fishery Resource Disaster Funding
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 22 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted the following news release:
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the allocation of $12.2 million to address fishery resource disasters that occurred in Alaska's 2022 Kuskokwim River salmon fishery, 2021 and 2022 Upper Cook Inlet East Side Setnet salmon fishery and the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe's 2021 Puget Sound fall chum and coho salmon fisheries.
Congress provided fishery
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