With help from a national conservation nonprofit, the Takshanuk Watershed Council has acquired 50 acres of Jones Point property formerly owned by village Native corporation Klukwan, Inc.

The purchase – eight acres larger than the grounds of the Southeast Alaska State Fair – was funded by the Conservation Fund, a national organization that focuses on creating land and water protection strategies that balance environmental stewardship with economic viability.

Takshanuk executive director Meredith Pochardt said…