Missing snow pack may
translate to missing cedar trees
Sunday morning opened up with a long hike for US Forest Service soil scientist Jackie DeMontigny as she headed up Rainbow Falls trail to gather data on the snow levels in Wrangell.
Inspired by the data collection in Petersburg, which began in the early 1980s, DeMontigny explained that measuring the snow pack on the island was critical in developing a long-term set of data to use as a basis for research on changes in snow levels.
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Sivertsen celebrates 100th birthday,
looks back at a century of change
On January 29, long time resident Goldie Sivertsen turned 100. It is an event that is enjoyed by a small fraction of the population. The 2000 US census counted just over 50,000 centurions. For Sivertson, who was born in 1910, it signified nothing noteworthy.
Born in Newport, Oregon to an immigrant father from Germany, Sivertsen came to Petersburg at 10 years old, where she attended and graduated high school.