In March, KANA’s environmental department began monitoring four locations on the Kodiak road system: two sites each at Near Island’s Trident Basin and Mission Beach. Monitoring consists of weekly phytoplankton samples and phytoplankton identification along with biweekly tissue samples collected on the beaches at low tide. Samplings are sent to…
The State of Alaska and Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) have released the following joint press release to KANA for distribution to the communities we serve. Please share this important information with your family and friends. For questions and concerns, please email Stephanie Mason, KANA Environmental Coordinator or Clinton Bennet, DHSS.
We are now accepting registration applications for this year’s Women’s Wellness Retreat. The annual summer program invites women to gather on Woody Island for three days of activities. This year’s dates are August 16–18. The retreat is about empowering women, celebrating commonalities and differences, and honoring the great capacity women have…
Get fit and win prizes this summer with KANA Wellness Center’s bingo challenge! How to play: Download a bingo board and perform as many activities as you can between May 27–August 31, 2019. For each activity that you complete, write the date on the corresponding square. Complete five squares diagonally,…
When did you join the KANA team?I worked for KANA for ten years from 1990–2000 before relocating to Old Harbor. After eight years in Old Harbor, I returned to Kodiak in February 2010 to be closer to family and start work at KANA as the Development Coordinator. Several years later,…
KANA recently partnered with ANTHC’s Rural Energy Initiative and Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) to install a weather station in Akhiok that will support the community in collecting renewable resource data. “As long as it doesn’t blow away, the weather station will collect at least one year’s worth…
Four long-term sites on the Kodiak road system have been established for continuous monitoring of harmful algal bloom species. Of particular concern is the presence of Alexandrium, a genus of phytoplankton that can produce saxitoxin, the toxin responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). KANA Environmental Coordinator Stephanie Mason explains why…
Learn about growing food and raising livestock! The Kodiak Archipelago Leadership Institute is offering a free training program to help residents of our small communities who live off the road system, and members of our region’s Tribes learn about becoming successful growers, farmers, and ranchers around the island. Activities will include: Two conferences…
KANA is exploring an opportunity for a Tribal micro-enterprise development project through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG).Do you have ideas for how we can best support Alaska Native entrepreneurs in Kodiak and our village communities? Join us 5:00–6:00pm on Wednesday, December…
The Support Office for Village Public Safety Officers is conducting a brief survey to identify the community’s expectations, understanding and knowledge of VPSOs. If you live in one of Kodiak’s rural village communities, please take a moment to answer a selection of questions that will help improve VPSO services. Larsen Bay VPSO Roy…