New State Forest Proposed In Susitna Valley

Kenneth Bullman, (second from left, dark blue shirt) Mat Su Area Forester, speaks with participants at an open house on the proposed Susitna Valley State Forest plan in Palmer on Wednesday. Photo by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA - Anchorage

The state division of forestry is proposing the creation of a new state forest in the Susitna Valley, mostly on the West side of the Susitna River. State forestry officials outlined the idea at an informal presentation in Palmer.

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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
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