The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $100,000 to fund landslide mapping and slope analysis for select areas in Haines beginning this fall.
“This project will process and utilize new LiDAR data to be collected by Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) in 2021, in combination with geospatial analysis and existing data, to produce an up-to-date assessment of landslide characteristics and susceptibility in and around Haines,” DGGS Engineering Geology Section chief De…