James Nelson
6:28 - 6:53
"We actually don't even do right-of-way clearing in the summer because it's too much of a fire risk. So the equipment running through there and mulching stuff up, they hit rocks, they hit sparks, off goes the fire. So we try to do this stuff in the fall and spring as much as possible."
“We actually don't even do right-of-way clearing in the summer because it's too much of a fire risk. So the equipment running through there and mulching stuff up, they hit rocks, they hit sparks, off goes the fire. So we try to do this stuff in the fall and spring as much as possible.”
- Speaker
- James Nelson
- Timestamp
- 6:28 – 6:53
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Tok
- Captured at
- August 21, 2026
From the transcript
We've had lineman positions open for 3 years now that we haven't been able to fill just because it's such a specialized thing. So the crews that we do have We're contracting in the winter. Like, we actually don't even do right-of-way clearing in the summer because it's too much of a fire risk. So the equipment running through there and mulching stuff up, they hit rocks, they hit sparks, off goes the fire. So we try to do this stuff in the fall and spring as much as possible.
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