The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) held agency and public scoping meetings for the Angoon Airport Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in Anchorage on October 27, 2008, in Juneau on October 29, 2008, and conducted 2 public scoping meetings in Angoon on October 30 and 31, 2008.
Click here to learn more.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recognizes the great importance of subsistence resources and uses for residents of the Alaska Native community of Angoon. To better understand what these resources are, and, further, to take those resources and uses into account in the development of airport and access road alternatives, the FAA asked the EIS consultant team to conduct interviews with local subsistence users in August 2008.
Interviews with Wally Franks Sr., Buck Lidekugel, Ed Gamble Sr., K.J. Metcalfe, Lenora & Phillip Walker, and Morry Israel can be found at the following link.