St. Lazaria Island just had a birthday. The rugged, volcanic knob in Sitka Sound has been around for thousands of years, but it was one-hundred years ago last month that President Theodore Roosevelt signed legislation making it a seabird reservation - and one of the nation’s first wildlife refuges.Robert Woolsey, KCAW - SitkaDownload Audio (MP3)
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