Colette Czarnecki, Author at KSTK

Tongass tree will ‘deck the halls’ of Washington D.C.

A tree from Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest has been chosen for this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree near the White House.

Talk on the Rock: Isabel Grant on how to minimize conflict with bears

Episode 22: A couple weeks ago when Bear Fest was happening in Wrangell, Isabel Grant from Defenders of Wildlife, a national conservation organization, spoke. She represents Alaska for the organization and is responsible for managing bear coexistence programs, like the Electric Fence Incentive Program. She chats with KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki about bears and how to coexist while minimizing conflicts with the large animals.

Contentious issue leaves Wrangell figuring out how to zone a subdivision

Outline of the Torgramsen-Glasner Subdivision plots. (Courtesy of City and Borough of Wrangell)...

Talk on the Rock: T3 Alliance on the live camera project they completed at Anan Wildlife Observatory

Episode 21: Exciting news happened last week: Anan Wildlife Observatory launched two live cameras where people from all over the globe can peek at the black and brown bears and other wildlife. University of Alaska Fairbanks Associate Director for Upward Bound, Brian Reggiani, and three T3 Alliance high school students from Wrangell spoke with KSTK’s News Director Colette Czarnecki about the livestream project they planned and installed cameras for at Anan. T3 Alliance is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) training program for high school students that collaborated with the U.S. Forest Service.