Shaktoolik plans to “stay and defend” current location

This August, representatives from Shaktoolik completed a strategic management plan to protect their community from erosion and violent storms.
The beginning of the Shaktoolik coastal berm. (Photo Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK – Bethel)The plan lists nine critical actions, including replacing the health clinic, reinforcing the berm, and building an evacuation center. All of these critical actions are part of the village’s larger goal of remaining at their current site, rather than re