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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

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Christie Collis

“We got over 2,300 comments. We are going through those comments. Have a lot of information to consider.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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Christie Collis

“So there's a lot of work that happens after that preliminary decision goes out, even though I know the public feels like it's the final step. It's very much not.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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Cathy Giessel“this is a $14 million annual income to the state treasury if this land were leased. Instead, it's going free to Ada. We don't know what Ada is going to gain financially from this land.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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Cathy Giessel“one very large conveyance caught my eye, and that was for 20,000 acres going to ADA in the Mat-Su Valley”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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John Crowther“those are preliminary decisions that have received public comment. We have— Department has not issued a final decision, so we are still in a deliberative process about developing a potential final decision.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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John Crowther“I think that what we would interpret ADA being able to do with conveyed parcel is quite broad.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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John Crowther“In the case of the ADA parcel, our proposed decision, I think it's fair to say, does not have that in there, in part because we wanted to provide flexibility for ADA as they develop options and plans.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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John Crowther“I think some litigation has already been filed by a third-party public interest litigant.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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Bill Wielechowski“it just seems like it It's a huge loophole that is being created here. It seems like we've got a constitutional obligation to manage our resources, including our lands.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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Bill Wielechowski“if it's your— the Department's obligation to only transfer if there is a public purpose, how can you transfer without knowing what the purpose is?”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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Cathy Giessel“We have back a memo from our legislative legal indicating that they are probably— it was opined by the attorney writing the legal opinion that these likely were unconstitutional, but that would be up to a court and that type of proceeding.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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John Crowther“My impression— the short answer is I believe a suit was filed at the end of last week.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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Cathy Giessel“It is a lot of land. It's over 20,885 acres. The purpose of what— it was vague or is vague.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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John Crowther“I do think it is a fair characterization that the ADA parcel is larger, the one under consideration right now is larger, frankly, than than other 810 conveyances historically, and its purpose is not as explicitly defined as some have been historically.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am ·

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George Rauscher“So I'm thinking, can we give him a date range instead of issuing multiple subpoenas and then being able to chalk up the fact that he wasn't able to appear for the first one or the second one.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 14, 2026 10:00am ·

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Emily Nauman“If the motion gave the chair the authority to issue the subpoena, then the chair might have authority to later decide not to issue the subpoena in the event that, say, the department decided to comply with the intent of the subpoena without the actual subpoena needing to be delivered.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 14, 2026 10:00am ·

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John Beckler

“losing a pilot, and especially not just a pilot but a person like Greg, leaves a massive hole in our industry and certainly in all of our hearts.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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Norm McDonald

“The aviation community is here. Pilots, mechanics, and colleagues from across Alaska and the nation who understood Greg's passion for flying.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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Norm McDonald

“The heliskiing community is here. People who knew Greg through the mountain ranges that surround us today.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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Norm McDonald

“his friends and neighbors from Palmer are here, the community he chose, embraced, and was part of his daily life.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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Matthew Dean

“I know how much Greg did mean to you, and he was a role model. He only ever wanted to make everybody flew better than him, faster than him, more professional than him.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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John Beckler

“my name is John Beckler, and I flew here in Alaska with Greg for a little over 10 years. We both flew at Palmer Forestry here, and I'm very, very honored to have flown with him as much as I did.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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Merv King

“He was in Wacilla, now in Palmer.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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Merv King

“He worked at Glentanner for Helicopter Lines putting people on and off the helicopters for about 12 months before he got a break and started flying them.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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Norm McDonald

“His family by blood and by marriage, including his New Zealand roots, are here today. His Alaska Fire family is here. The people he flew for and worked alongside with our helitack crews out of this very base. His U.S. Forest Service Fire family is here from Price Valley.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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John Beckler

“Greg is ready for another job change and joined Precision Helicopters in Oregon and has been there ever since.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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Merv King

“Overseas then beckoned him and Alaska was where he settled his first juno.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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John Beckler

“Greg has gained over 20 years experience flying helicopters and over 10,000 hours in command time. A very competent and experienced pilot, but without the big ego and selfish attitude that some suffer from in this industry.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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John Beckler

“Hello everyone, my name is John Beckler. I had the very good fortune to work with Greg up here in Alaska for a little over 10 years”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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Norm McDonald

“welcome to our aviation base here in Palmer. Uh, thank you for being with us as we gather to honor the life and memory of Greg King. It is especially meaningful we gather here in a place dedicated to aviation and the protection of people and communities. This space represents the work Greg cared about and the people with whom he shared that work. It's also the place where Greg met Kelly, who was a dispatcher here at the time, the beginning of a relationship with deep ties to our fire family.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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John Beckler

“In 2012, we were having a catch-up. Greg had moved to Juneau and it was my second season flying in Alaska with Saloy.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Greg King Memorial Service, Palmer, AK October 1 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“they're going to be at our Disaster Assistance Center tomorrow where you can apply, apply in person. Uh, we'll be there from 10:45 5 to 5 tomorrow, 10 o'clock to 5 on Tuesday, and 10 to 4 on Wednesday.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“One of our biggest priorities here are for people that are— do not have housing, to provide them with that temporary housing.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“Then we have a temporary housing component, and that can provide homeowners with up to 18 months of housing, and renters 3 months of housing. What we do is take a look at the HUD fair market value for the area that you live in”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“Your, your primary— it has to be your primary residence, and the max cap for that program is $22,400.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“One, it strengthens our case that there was damages that were outside of the program. When we go to apply for that for FEMA, we have, we have greater justification for that additional level of assistance.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“Getting back to our individual assistance application, please, please apply even if you're not sure you have damages.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“if you've been impacted by the fire, please go to our website and register for our individual assistance.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“we'll be here for the next 3 days, uh, and we'll have other folks coming in later to help with other parts of the recovery.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“if the federal government did, uh, declare for IA, our state programs become secondary because it's very clear that we can't duplicate benefits.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“On the federal side, the federal individual assistance, the thresholds are twice what our state threshold— or the caps are twice what our state is. So for housing assistance, they can give $44,800.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“Um, so the maximum that we can give you under those two is $44,800.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“The cap for that program is an additional $22,400.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“One big nuance in there is the State of Alaska can pay for things like subsistence camps where, um, the federal programs cannot.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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Jeremy Zidek“The Disaster Assistance Center is at the Tok Visitor Center, so just down down the road here. It's in kind of the back area there. We'll have some signs put up, uh, tomorrow.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Mukluk Fire Community Meeting - 20260823 ·

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James Nelson

“So even when the power does get restored, a lot of the stuff on the north side, we're keeping sectioned off because there's downed power lines. We've had dozers go through the power lines, they're on the ground and stuff like that. I have 6 inbound linemen coming up right now from Southeast Alaska. They're coming up from Skagway, they're coming up from Haines, they're coming up from Prince of Wales. We have Golden Valley Electric, um, who's on standby also to come.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Tuesday August 18th, Tok Community Meeting Q&A ·

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James Nelson

“There's not a lot we can do yet until the fire is out of town and out of our power grid. Then we can start to go in, um, linemen at night when the fire is coming down. We're going out, we're doing assessments, we're making lists. We have material already on the way from Anchorage for transformers, main lines, secondaries.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Tuesday August 18th, Tok Community Meeting Q&A ·

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James Nelson

“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.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Tuesday August 18th, Tok Community Meeting Q&A ·

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