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Safe Drinking Water Act. In 2000, the EPA banned new motor vehicle waste disposal wells nationwide. In 2005, all existing wells in Alaska were ordered closed due to the high risk they pose to drinking water. About 80 percent of Alaskans depend on groundwater for drinking water.“Motor vehicle waste disposal wells have the potential to allow oil, antifreeze, brake fluid and other hazardous chemicals to contaminate drinking water sources and put people’s health at risk,” said Edward Kowalski, director of the Office of Compliance and Enforcement in EPA’s Seattle office. “EPA will continue to focus on closing these illegal motor vehicle waste disposal wells to protect drinking water in Alaska.”#ndn-video-player-3.ndn_embedded .ndn_floatContainer { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; }... (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
California Department of Fish and Wildlife/Handout via REUTERS Federal prosecutors have also charged pot growers with environmental crimes in Alaska, Oregon and Washington. The most toxic sites cost as much as $100,000 to clean up, leaving taxpayers with a bill that could reach $100 million or more in California alone. "These places aren't safe to go into," said state Assemblyman Jim Wood, who has pushed for cleanup funding. Use of toxics has grown over the past three to four years, and chemicals have been found at sites in Oregon and Washington as well, said Chris Boehm, the Forest Service's assistant director for enforcement and investigation. "In the last couple years we've lost a lot of the ground we had picked up in eradicating and cleaning up the new sites we find." The expense and danger of cleanup has created a backlog of 639 illegal marijuana farms awaiting restoration in California, according to U.S. Forest Service data compiled for Reuters. Each farm covers up to 50 acres. Gabriel said that figure understated the problem, and pointed out that toxics are used at thousands of illegal farms on private and tribal land. After a year or two, growers often abandon sites, leaving containers of chemicals so toxic a quarter-teaspoon could kill a bear. As California moves to license growers, officials plan to regulate the use of chemicals. But rules can only be enforced against those who cultivate pot legally. "There are a lot of incentives for continuing to grow illegally," said Washington Fish and Wildlife Deputy Chief Mike Cenci, citing growers' distaste for taxes and red tape. "We've got 4,000 illegal grows in our county," said Keith Groves, a supervisor of Trinity County in Northern California. "I'll be happy if we can get 500 of them to become licensed."Let's block ads! a href="https://bl...
Bird Creek, wrote Elizabeth Bluemink, spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) Anchorage Police say an "aggressive bear" had to be put down in an East Anchorage Neighborhood.Shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon APD sent a Nixle alert saying the bear had been reportedly getting into trash cans near the 5200 block of Chena Avenue. A dispatch supervisor told Channel 2 News the black bear had been charging people trying to get to the trash. APD said no one was injured.Dispatch said they were notified of the black bear at 2:58 Saturday afternoon.Ken Marsh, with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said no complaints of problem bears on that street have been reported to biologist.Marsh said it's his understanding a salvage is being organized for the bear. (KTUU.com)
