Posted on August 18, 2020
Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, USACE Commanding General and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, has signed the St. George Harbor Improvement Chiefs Report. The proposed project increases safe accessibility of marine navigation to the community of St. George, Alaska. It is designed to reduce hazards to provide better safe navigation of subsistence vessels, fuel barges, cargo vessels, and a limited commercial fleet, all of which are critical to the long-term viability of the mixed subsistence-cash economy of the area. St. George is the southernmost island of the Pribilof Islands group. The United States purchased the Pribilof Islands from Russia in 1867. Since the cessation of commercial seal harvesting in 1973, the community of St. George has been attempting to expand and diversify its economic base, concentrating on the groundfish and shellfish industries. The signing of the report progresses the project to Congress for authorization. More information on this project from the Alaska District can be found here: https://go.usa.gov/xfG7f
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