King Cove Fishing Community Awaits Decision on Road to Cold Bay
Residents of King Cove on the Alaska Peninsula are still waiting for a decision by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on whether she will approve a land exchange and completion of a gravel road leading to the all-weather airport at Cold Bay.
King Cove, with fewer than 1,000 permanent residents, is the home of a major Peter Pan Seafood processing facility that operates all but about two weeks of the year, processing a variety of seafood.
Residents have been trying for years to have a road between King Cove and Cold Bay built that would allow for ground transportation in stormy weather to get people with medical emergencies to the providers they need.
The route needed for completion of the road goes through a small area of the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, an area several conser...