Yvonne Krumrey

You may have noticed the eye-catching display of bits and bobbins: stuffed animals, beads and soccer balls at the Douglas Library. And that’s what it’s for -- to be looked at.

Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, during a Senate floor session on May 15, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)

The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)

At an open house on Wednesday, it was clear that the kootéeyaa are meant to honor and acknowledge the original people of the land. But some of those original people say they should be included in creating the plan.

At an open house Wednesday, some of the people the Mendenhall Glacier poles are meant to honor said they should be included in creating the U.S. Forest Service plan.

Waves from a winter storm near Kodiak on Dec. 26, 2022. (Brian Venua/KMXT)

Rich Mattson, a researcher for Gastineau Channel Historical Society, looking through old newspapers at the Alaska State Archives on Jan. 21, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO).

Researcher Eran Hood stands on the lip of an empty Suicide Basin just a few days after it drained to create a record-breaking glacial outburst flood in August 2023. (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO)

Studying the shape of the basin and how it changes could give them a better sense of how much water could be released each year, and potentially how quickly.

Juneau residents write comments about the plan for Áak’w Landing, Huna Totem Corporation’s proposed cruise ship dock in Juneau at a public meeting on Jan. 22, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)