Fairbanks and Palmer, where small miners typi- NLWWdʭWPNWLTX^LYO]PNZ]OZ_SP]OZN`XPY_^ Also, the Departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Environmental Conservation (DEC), which are important to miners, will face restric- tions on travel as will all state agencies. There are bZ]]TP^ _SL_ _SP^P NZ`WO SLX[P] LRPYNd ^_Lʬ TY OZTYR ʭPWO bZ]V LYO OZTYR ]P\`T]PO TY^[PN_TZY^ at remote sites. 3ZbPaP]_SP^PPʬPN_^L]PXTYZ]NZX[L]PObT_S what other parts of state government will experi- ence. Even within DNR a whole division, Agricul- ture, would be eliminated in the governor’s plan. The state’s overall budget situation is grim, but Dunleavy feels that growth in natural resources and its employment, along with other private sec- _Z]TYO`^_]TP^bTWWZʬ^P_WZ^^ZQ^_L_PRZaP]YXPY_ jobs in the long term. It’s a cold bath, but Alaska will emerge the stronger for it. ?SPNWZ^`]PZQ_SP]PNZ]OTYRZʯNP^OZP^NZY - cern people, however. “I’m going to do some strong pushback on this,” said state Sen. Click Bishop, a Republican who represents a big swath of Interior Alaska. 4_ bTWW [L]_TN`WL]Wd LʬPN_ ^XLWW [WLNP] XTYP]^ bSZ ʭYT^S _SPT] ^PL^ZYLW Z[P]L_TZY^ TY _SP QLWW
and come to Fairbanks, but also to Palmer, to do ʭWTYR^ ZY XTYTYR NWLTX^ LYO Z_SP] OZN`XPY_^ Bishop said at a Senate Finance Committee meet- ing in Juneau. “These guys come out of the creeks and head to town to take care of the paperwork. They stop by DNR to make their lease payments and then step L]Z`YO _SP NZ]YP] _Z _SP ]PNZ]OTYR ZʯNP _Z ʭWP claims,” Bishop said. “Then they walk down the street to the BLM ZʯNPɮ_ZOZXZ]PM`^TYP^^SP^LTO It’s convenient near one-stop-shopping and aP]dPʯNTPY_QZ]^XLWWXTYPZ[P]L_Z]^XLYdbSZ are of an older generation not as tech-savvy and NZXQZ]_LMWPbT_SZYWTYPʭWTYRL^dZ`YRP][PZ[WP DNR representatives at the Finance Committee meeting said they are concerned about this and are looking at possible solutions including a min- TXLWWd^_LʬPO_PX[Z]L]dZʯNPLVTYOZQɭ[Z[ up shop,” that could be open from September through October, the period typically of peak use by miners. Another idea under discussion is to license out- side vendors, most likely title companies in this NL^P _Z ]PNPTaP OZN`XPY_^ LYO XLVP ZYWTYP ʭW - ings for the public. A fee would be charged, however.
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