Alaska News

Dipnet-a-palooza ends, Kenai beaches scoured

This likely won't surprise anyone, but the resident personal-use dipnet sockeye fishery-slash-kegger at the Kenai River generates a lot of trash, and sadly, most of it isn't properly disposed of. According to the Peninsula Clarion, the mess this year on Kenai beaches didn't get out of hand, despite the large run of salmon and people, but it wasn't because people were respectful. Crews from Kenai Parks and Recreation kept on top of the problem while the crowd was in place, cruising for trash and fish waste during off hours. The crowds are gone now, and the extra resources the city devoted to the problem while it was being created made the final clean-up easier on crews and volunteers, who have finished the big work already. Read much more, here.

Craig Medred

Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. He left the ADN in 2015.

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