Angoon mayor unsatisfied with state response to tainted subsistence seal

Angoon’s Mayor Albert Howard is trying to protect his village’s way of life. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
Hawk Inlet is healthy according to state officials. That’s the message Angoon received about three weeks after concerns were raised about high levels of mercury found in a subsistence seal. But Angoon’s mayor doesn’t feel comforted by the report.
In the 20-page document, the state agencies say they appreciate the “citizen science” used to d