21-09-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org

Navy has explaining to do about military exercise, Murkowski says

Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the Navy is again snubbing the concerns of Alaskans as it prepares for the next Northern Edge, a military exercise held every two years that stretches from the Gulf of Alaska into the Interior.
The next Northern Edge is scheduled for May.
More than 100 Alaskans sent her letters this summer with concerns about the potential impact of the exercise, particularly on fish and marine mammals, she said.
“When the exercise moved forward in 2015, after a great deal of
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