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Dillingham Boat Harbor Dredge Policy Not Favored By Some

At Tuesday's meeting, some residents said depositing the dredged material back into the Nushagak Bay is changing the channels and area beaches.

The US Army Corps of Engineers is tasked with the annual dredging of the Dillingham boat harbor, which takes at least a month to do and costs upwards of three quarters of a million dollars. Each spring an excavation crew removes an average of about 90,000 cubic yards of material from the harbor. But where that material goes from there is something local residents and the city are concerned about.

KDLG’s Dave Bendinger has more:

Public comments can be sent to this email, or taken to Dillingham Harbormaster Jean Barrett.

A copy of a recent environmental assessment can be found here.