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Historic house proposed as lodging for lt. gov

...Alaska's lieutenant governor.Lawmakers added language to the state operating budget saying they want the Department of Natural Resources to negotiate with the governor's office to establish the House of Wickersham State Historic Site as lodging...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-13/historic-house-proposed-lodging-lt-gov
State
Assembly delays Auke Lake ordinance revisions

...accident involving jet skis.Although staff's detailed research came through corroboration between the Department of Natural Resources, State Troopers, the U.S. Coast Guard and several others sources over the past months to evaluate the...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-06/assembly-delays-auke-lake-ordinance-rev
Local
Permitting bill hits bump in Senate Finance committee

JUNEAU - One of the governor's permitting bills has hit a speed bump in the Senate, where rural lawmakers have raised concerns about the impact it will have on tribal organizations and citizens. HB77, from Gov.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-07/permitting-bill-hits-bump-senate-financ
State
Senate committee advances amended permitting bill

...hydroelectric site.Executive director Elaine Brown said the group was denied a special use permit by the Department of Natural Resources to do geotechnical and geophysical work, such as bringing in a rig to drill bore holes in rocks. But she...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-09/senate-committee-advances-amended-permi
State
My Turn: For whom is the governor working? Not the people

...the public. Last year, the governor's administration unilaterally changed the mission statement of the Department of Natural Resources, throwing away the words "enhance," "conserve," and "future generations." And this session, the...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-02-27/my-turn-whom-governor-working-not-peo
Opinion
Pebble Mine & the Clean Water Act

...power over state government so much so that in 2006, when Pebble submitted water rights applications to the Department of Natural Resources (a stack of papers with detailed plans that is over a foot tall) they got their "first in line status" then...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-01/pebble-mine-clean-water-act
Opinion
A mountain for Jon Scribner

...trailed off as she spoke, as she remembered.Scott said he plans to submit the application today to the Department of Natural Resources' office of History and Archaeology in Anchorage. The application will then go to a review committee, which...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-03-01/mountain-jon-scribner
Outdoors
Alaska Editorial: Breaking backlog

...process and other authorizations sought by the business community.Key among them is authorizing the state Department of Natural Resources commissioner to rule on permit applications, deeming activity proposed in an application appropriate for...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-13/alaska-editorial-breaking-backlog
Opinion
Land for sale! DNR's annual land auction now open

The Department of Natural Resources has announced the listing of 472 parcels available in the State's annual sealed-bid auction. Alaska residents may submit sealed...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-03-15/land-sale-dnrs-annual-land-auction-n
Outdoors
DNR map shows faults, folds throughout Alaska

FAIRBANKS ? The Alaska Department of Natural Resources announced an interactive web map application Wednesday that displays faults and folds throughout Alaska believed capable of producing...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-20/dnr-map-shows-faults-folds-throughout-a
State

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