Volume 1-12 Glennallen, Alaska November 12 >
PIONEER ACCESS ROADS
Several years ago a Kodiak business
man, driving across frozen Island Lake on
his way home from town, crashed through
the ice surface. He and his passenger
escaped without injury, although they
suffered a cold dip in the icy water,
and the pick-up truck was later rescued*
That summer, a family loaded all
their belongings onto a river barge to
cross the swift Kenai River to reach land
they were intending to build a homestead
on, and suffered a similar fate when the
barge was swept out of control and the
cargo dumped midstream. A dramatic rescue
followed this event, but equipment and a
house trailer as well as most personal
•possessions were lost to the rampaging
river.
But incidents such as these are be
ing eliminated by construction of roads
to previously inaccessible areas through
out Alaska. And one of the most import
ant ;activities along this line is the
Pioneer Access Road program administered
by the Department of Highways with funds
allotted from the Department of Natural .
Resources. Both of these state agencies
cooperate in determination of feasibility
and practicability of roads requested
under this program.
The State Legislature in 1959 en
acted a law (Ch. 47) "to facilitate the
commercial utilization of the natural
resources of; this state by authorizing
the expenditure of funds to construct
roads into and within areas rich in min
eral resources which are presently in
accessible
In an amendment the next session
(Ch. 154) the legislature expanded the
authority to include relocation or repair
or "as many miles of pioneering access
roads as is possible." The roads were
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WILDLIFE ADVISORY MEBi:Y~
Representatives of Wildlife Air.I" -
Committees from Fairbanks, Melchina,
and Copper River areas met at Pans xi 1-v
on November 10, 1962 to disease prc'-r.l
changes in the- fish and game regalal. r.r.r
Dr* Lafayette Huiman, vice«chairna:r of
Copper Basin Wildlife Advisory Cara" ' : -
presided at the meeting* Other heap:.
Basin Advisory Committee members rrrrra.
were Kenneth Hughes, Jerorm Lrechs Y r
Ewan, Oscar Craig, Stan Brown, Ci.ea ‘.I/lf
and Harold Falk©
Fairbanks Wildlife Advisory Er: ri
members attending the meeting were "lira
Boswell, James Lake, Aiden Wi.lK.r-, Chat'"7
Keim, Leroy Shebalh Captain Walker rail
Ivan Thor all*
George Ashby, Chester Bunsek
Pease represented the Nelchira Wif^'
Advisory Board© John Porter attend.d
from Tok*
Also attending the meeting war->.
Brooks, Loren Croxton, Robert Eerrcr’
George Van Wyhe and William Burro c .
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Several wives tagged along to
meeting. Everyone enjoyed the deli.:' eiwr:
buffet dinner served by Paxson Lodge ,
COPPER VALLEY SCHOOL NEWS;
* BUCKS" VS- "HORNETS”
November 9th and 10th the
attempted to sting the "Bucks” but the
“Bucks” left them buzzing- With the h\u
of excitement and the drone of the rp^c -
t at or s in t he ir e a i-s 5 t he n B ■ - eks • - t . a;; u
on to victory! Both teams showed good
sportsmanship and fair playt The nexb '
thrilling challenge remains to be Leon n;
CO lit ■- pe.o J