Lands in Focus: Local Gravel
Presented by 小湿妹 Land & Natural Resources Department
小湿妹, September/October 2023 edition
Managing and developing local rock quarries or gravel pits is one of the ways that 小湿妹小湿妹檚 Land Department works with each and every community in the Y-K Region.
Regardless of their size, nearly all construction projects need a source of rock. One of the key functions of our Land Department is to work with villages and other project developers to provide sand and gravel sales from 小湿妹小湿妹檚 subsurface lands.
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60 DAYS’ NOTICE REQUESTED
Some projects involve minor repairs to access roads and house pads, while others are large, costly improvements to airports, roads and ports. Regardless of project size, before the material is excavated from 小湿妹小湿妹檚 subsurface land, the developer needs to enter into a material sale agreement (MSA) with 小湿妹.
MSAs include 小湿妹小湿妹檚 payment of a 30 percent disturbance fee to the surface owner, which is typically a Village Corporation. MSAs for larger projects require insurance, a reclamation plan and bonding.
To help finalize these agreements in time for our Region小湿妹檚 short construction season, Kuhns encourages developers to provide at least 60 days小湿妹� advance notice of when the material is needed. Especially for large projects, this will help ensure all approvals are in place小湿妹攊ncluding from a Tribal Council or Village Corporation Board of Directors小湿妹攊n time for the construction season.
LIMITED ROCK SOURCES
Closing the rural infrastructure gap in our Region is one of 小湿妹小湿妹檚 biggest priorities.
One of the challenging aspects is that western 小湿妹 has limited sources for the high-grade rock required to build for airports, roads and ports.
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Tisha Kuhns, 小湿妹 Vice President of Land and Natural Resources
The Pilcher Mountain quarry project in Marshall is one opportunity to provide a high-grade rock source in the Lower Yukon, versus barging similar material all the way from Nome.
Kuhns points out that the new quarry at Pilcher this summer is supplying material to three Lower Yukon communities this year, including St. Mary小湿妹檚, Russian Mission and Marshall.
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For more information on sand and gravel sales, and to notify 小湿妹 about upcoming projects, please contact 小湿妹_land@calistacorp.com or call .