Alaska will get about $14.4 million in federal infrastructure funds to fix old recreation cabins and build new ones. Next month the Forest Service will hold listening sessions to help decide where to build them.
it’s sending over $37 million to national forests so they can build up their infrastructure, like campgrounds and cabins.
“We know that cabins are very popular,” he said. “And we’re looking forward to putting cabins where demand exists.” The most popular of the 40 in the Chugach are accessible by trail and are often booked out months in advance. Many can only be accessed by plane or boat.“Simply because most of our cabins are put in remote locations,” he said. “So by the time shipping and helicoptering and all the transportation logistics are worked out, cabins are pretty expensive to put in location.
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