AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoFishery Monitoring: Bristol Bay’s seafood association received $188,268 for sonar that will automatically count salmon on the Naknek River and feed in-season numbers to a public dashboard. Air Traffic Technology: The FAA has activated Alaska’s first digital air traffic control tower, part of a first-in-the-country rollout that also includes Florida. Autonomous Vehicles: Waymo is testing self-driving cars in Fairbanks to see how they perform in the cold. Alaska Research: A study of an ancient camp in Alaska offers clues to how the first people traveled to North America; separately, $86.2 million in frozen federal grants to the University of Alaska has been restored. Glacier Science: Researchers report that heavy rain can more than double glacier speeds in Alaska, potentially accelerating surges by nearly 25 feet a day.
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