Month: February 2013

Mapping values on the Tongass

Wrangell residents may see a survey show up in their mailboxes this month. They are being sent out by graduate student Britta Schroeder for her project on the Tongass. Britta Schroeder used to live in Southeast and worked for the Forest Service in the Wrangell Ranger District for five years. Now she’s a graduate student at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

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Tent City Days Postcard: Marian Glenz

Wrangell’s annual Tent City Days festival was last weekend. This is one in a series of audio postcards KSTK’s Shady Grove Oliver sent back from the event. In this postcard, Gold Rush Flea Market vendor Marian Glenz speaks about her best friend’s doilies, her own books, and remembers her husband and his woodwork.

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Tent City Days Postcard: Canning

Wrangell’s annual Tent City Days festival was last weekend. This is the one of a series of audio postcards KSTK’s Shady Grove Oliver sent back from the event. In this postcard, Mable McMurren speaks about the award-winning homemade jellies, jams, and other canned goods at her Gold Rush Flea Market booth.

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