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Banishing the Honeybucket - Transformation in Lower Kalskag, Alaska

August 07, 2015 Vernita Dore, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, USDA Rural Development

Life is challenging in Lower Kalskag, Alaska. An isolated village only accessible by plane or boat, or an ice road in the winter, Lower Kalskag's 300 residents have no running water or toilets and pay four and five times the price for goods you and I take for granted. A third of the population lives...

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Solid Waste Management Grants Make an Impact in Rural Alaska Communities

November 30, 2010 Merlaine Kruse, Director, Community Programs, USDA Rural Development, Alaska

Literally millions of tourists have visited Alaska, a state which is over twice the size of Texas. While many have seen the southeast region and the southcentral corridor stretching from Fairbanks through Anchorage and south to the Kenai Peninsula, relatively few have visited southwest and Interior...

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