Revisiting one of the year's biggest stories

Alaska Public Media | By Ellen Lockyer

Published December 18, 2015 at 1:00 PM AKST

This summer Alaskans dealt with some of the most aggressive wildfires in the state's history--right under the 2004 fires. For the last Alaska Edition of 2015, Ellen Lockyer revisits this major news event to discuss key elements that added fuel to this fire and takes a look at the aftermath.

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HOST: Ellen Lockyer

GUESTS:

Laura Phillips, Ecologist, National Park Service

Tom Kurth, Fire Program Manager, Division of Forestry

KSKA (FM 91.1) BROADCAST: Friday, Dec. 18, at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 19, at 6:00 p.m.

Alaska Public Television BROADCAST: Friday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 19, at 6:00 p.m.

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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone. Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA elockyer (at) alaskapublic (dot) org | 907.550.8446 | About Ellen

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