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Alaska communities awarded for excellence in 2006.

Publication: Nation's Cities Weekly
Publication Date: 12-FEB-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The Alaska Municipal League recognized its 2006 Alaska Community Awards for Excellence winners during the League's 56th Annual Local Government Conference Awards Banquet, on Thursday, November 16, 2006 in Juneau.

Education & Local Government Category

Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Wildfire Mitigation Education: First Firewise USA Community in Alaska

The Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough's Wildfire Mitigation Program began in July 2003, with the goal to "reduce the wildfire hazard due to the Spruce Bark Beetle infestation."

The two major components to the plan were fuel reduction and community education. In 2006, the Mat-Su Borough's Community Development Division in Lands Management assumed responsibility for fuels reduction, thus allowing the project coordinator to increase community education.

Education programs across the community included distributing an informative brochure throughout the borough, demonstrations at local schools and public buildings and urging residents to take action by instituting a cost-share program that would...

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