Dutch Harbor Faces Difficulty Shifting Grant Funds Around for Watershed Restoration Projects
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [KUCB] by Annie Ropeik - January 29, 2015
City council and neighbors from around Unalaska Lake got a reality check Tuesday night about just how far they can stretch $1 million in grant money for watershed restoration projects.
Consultants from PND Engineers spent much of Tuesday's council meeting presenting their recommendations for how to use the grants at the lake and Iliuliuk River.
Engineer Paul Kendall says some of the river grant was based on conditions that seem to have changed in the past several years, since the city first received the money. Requirements like light-penetrating stairs on the riverbank and revegetation at the lower river didn’t get much public support...
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