The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reopening its public comment period on a state plan to push 134,000 cubic yards of slide material into the Chilkat River near 19 Mile Haines Highway.
After discovering there was “elevated local interest” in the issue, the Corps decided to reopen the permit for comment, said agency regulatory specialist Michael Setering.
The Department of Transportation’s proposal has raised concerns about potential impacts to fish habitat and disturbance of…
