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July 4 — A wallet was reported lost downtown. Police responded to five disturbance calls. July 5 — A deer was salvaged at Libby Straights. Police are investigating a case of criminal mischief. Trespassing was reported at a S. 2nd St. location. Police were advised that a disabled vehicle will be towed to the shop in the next hour. Illegal dumping was reported on Cabin Creek Rd. Loud music and a fireworks complaint brought a police response. July 6 — Campers were reported near the South Harbor. Donn R. Hayes II, 39, was cited for Stop, Stand...
Petersburg Boy Scout Troop 1024 spent spring break building igloos at Ravens Roost. Five Scouts, Owen Anderson, Tausauni Ieremia, Lathum Johnson, Reed Anderson and Britton Erickson were accompanied by Scout Master Jeff Erickson and adult leaders Bob Carter and Jason Anderson. The hike up to Ravens Roost is treacherous in any condition and was even harder with four feet of snow. Due to weather conditions they were delayed a day yet the second day they started up the hill not knowing if their...
February 19, 1916 – Mr. and Mrs. James Allen, with the forestry launch Ranger 2, returned from Ketchikan, where they had been for several weeks. The launch has been equipped with a new lighting plant and other fixtures, and is now in shipshape for the season's work. Mr. Allen anticipates considerable activity in the lumber industry this year. The prices for lumber on Puget Sound have now advanced from one to four dollars per thousand feet. Lumber for boxes and general domestic use will be shipped north from Puget Sound this season, and it is e...
In a media release last month, the United States Forest Service Alaska Region announced it is proposing a system-wide cabin rental fee adjustments for the Chugach and Tongass national forests. The two forests are managed by 13 ranger districts, which together maintain 184 cabins year-round for public use. For visitors and residents alike, public cabins become the hub for a variety of recreational trips, from nature walks, family gatherings, hunting and sport fishing to subsistence use. Cabins are most regularly booked during the summer and...
Raven's Roost Trail opened to the public early last week, after being closed for the past few months allowing another half-mile stretch to be renovated. Hikers will now be welcomed by a more spacious section of trail says Paul Olson, Petersburg Ranger District cabin and trails program manager. "The intent of the design was opening it up for families and groups to walk side by side," Olson says. "So far comments on the trail have been nothing but excitement." Originally the section of trail was...
The US Forest Service and Korpela Construction crews have broken ground on a new half-mile portion of the Raven's Roost Trail. Construction began July 17 on the section which will connect the new trailhead that was built last year-beginning across from the Sandy Beach parking lot-to the existing trail that winds through the muskeg behind the airport up into the Tongass National Forest. The new portion of trail will be similar to the half-mile portion of easy-grade, gravel trail built last year.... Full story
Four local hikers on their way to Raven’s Roost cabin on Sunday got much more than they bargained for, returning by helicopter after an unanticipated night outdoors. “They got caught in darkness and a little turned around, so we helped them make it through the night and were able to helicopter them early, early with the breaking dawn of Monday morning,” S&R Captain Bob Carter said. “One of them … got ahold of Search and Rescue and we made a decision that they could survive the night – we really don’t want to send people up the mountain at n...
Plans to move the Raven's Roost trailhead to Sandy Beach Park are finally moving forward after more than a decade of bureaucratic haggling between the United States Forest Service and other government agencies. The U.S. Forest service decided the trail needed to be moved because of its proximity to the expanding rock quarry. When blasting occurs at the pit, falling rocks have broken holes in trail planks or punched through nearby muskeg. "In the late 90s we realized we needed to move this thing... Full story
