spruce bark beetle

Lee Frey, the solid waste director for the borough, said most of the spruce bark beetle-related brush from peoples' homes on the central peninsula is ending up at the Soldotna landfill, causing concerns about future storage issues as the landfill runs out of room for the material. With a new allocation of funding, the borough hopes to make space for all that slash.

Cook Inletkepeer takes up a Drawdown project every year with the goal of reducing carbon emissions locally. Inletkeeper’s Kaitlin Vadla said Re-tree would restore the loss of tree cover that’s impacted Southcentral Alaska from the spruce bark beetle issue.

Getting rid of slash is one way to mitigate wildfire risk.

The city is asking crews to finish clearing priority beetle kill trees by May 19. Meantime, the walking trails and camp ground at Centennial Park will be closed to the public.

Soldotna got a grant from FEMA to make headway on its spruce bark beetle problem, clearing wobbly beetle kill trees at popular campgrounds and parks. But the city’s worried it's not going to get the money before summer visitors arrive.

Soldotna got a grant from FEMA to make headway on its spruce bark beetle problem, clearing wobbly beetle kill trees at popular campgrounds and parks. But the city’s worried it's not going to get the money before summer visitors arrive.

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