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Clearing the water 

 11/17/12 - 10:23pm

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series examining a Kenai Watershed Forum study showing violations of state water quality standards on the Kenai River. Friday’s story looked at the still-preliminary study results.

Results from an unpublished Kenai Watershed Forum study on turbidity on the Kenai River have caused several hundred community members to petition for a Category 5 Impaired Water Body designation for the river.

 

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Setnetters continue to protest in-season closure 

 07/24/12 - 1:29pm

Three generations of the Clucas family gathered in front of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game offices on Monday to protest the continued closure and season restrictions on local fishermen. 

More than 100 people, mostly setnetters from parts of the East Side setnet fishery, gathered to rally against the continued closure of their fishery, a restriction several fishermen said would have a devastating impact on the local economy. 

 

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