The Takshanuk Watershed Council believes it is nearing the end of soil remediation at the former Jones Point property that it purchased three years ago. After the work is completed, the next move likely will be to apply to the state for funding to turn the land into something useful.

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation receives annual “brownfields funding” from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said Anne Marie Palmieri, the statewide lead at DEC…