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September 2010

Population: 2,347 (2008) Coordinates: 59.046751, -158.508665 Area: 35.7 square miles Dillingham is located on Nushagak Bay, an inlet of Bristol Bay in southwestern Alaska. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 35.7 square miles, 2.1 square miles of which is water. It lies 327 miles southwest of Anchorage and … Continued

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September 2010

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Newsletter: Trace Elements Issue 1, August 2010 This first issue of Pebble Watch focuses on “Report Series E: Trace Elements (Sediments & Soils),” an overview of soil and sediment sampling, 2004-2007 at the proposed sites of the Pebble mine, port and transportation corridor. Inside, our team summarizes the results for copper and arsenic, and shows … Continued

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January 1970

New Stuyahok

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Up Close Place Name: Cetuyraq Native Name: Estuyaraq Native Language: Yup’ik English Name: New Stuyahok Language : Yup’ik Type: Village Meaning: Place to go downriver Source: Place names Up-River Tape 3a, 1996; Jacobson, Steven A. 1984 :114; Alaska Department of Community & Economic Development; Vanstone, James W, Volume 56 Number 3, 1968:220; Orth, Donald … Continued

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January 1970

Togiak Community Information Meeting

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BBNC Community Information Meeting, Togiak – 12pm, Togiak School

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January 1970

Ekwok

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Ekwok is located along the Nushagak River, 43 miles northeast of Dillingham. Ekwok means “end of the bluff” and is the oldest continuously-occupied Yup’ik Eskimo village on the river. During the 1800s, the settlement was used in the spring and summer as a fish camp and in the fall as a base for berry picking. … Continued