Derek Leichliter

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Derek Leichliter is a lifelong Alaskan and was born and raised on the Kenai Peninsula. He is an electrician and the owner of Legacy Electric. Derek previously worked as a setnetter in Nikiski.

Urban setnet initiative won't tangle up rural Alaska or subsistence rights

OPINION: The setnet initiative that Alaska voters will see in 2016 is not about subsistence fishing rights or the use of setnets in rural areas such as Bristol Bay. It is about protecting resources for the future.

By Derek Leichliter●

July 12, 2015 at 5:50 pm

Derek Leichliter

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Urban setnet initiative won't tangle up rural Alaska or subsistence rights

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In Anchorage’s mayoral runoff, most independent expenditure group money is boosting just one candidate

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Incumbent Bronson takes aim at ‘single-party rule’ and Assembly in Anchorage mayoral runoff against LaFrance

Finding ‘more room for depth of discussion,’ West High debaters take on international competition

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