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	Galena Alaska Resource Guide, City or community of Galena, Alaska Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, ...
		The population of Galena is approximately 717 (2004).
		Galena is positioned 64.74 degrees north of the equator and 156.81 degrees west of the prime meridian.
		The population of Galena is a mixture of Athabascan and non-native residents.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /akcountygalena.htm (455 words)

	Galena Airport, Alaska
		Maintenance of the Galena Airport is unique that it is maintained by Alaska Department of Transportation personnel with equipment and facilities paid for by the United States Air Force.
		Galena is located on the flood plain in a broad basin more than 30 miles wide bordered by hills and mountains up to 2000 ft high.
		Galena is an extremely small community, and it estimated it would lose about a third of its total jobs, as well as utilities the Air Force provides to its schools located on the airport.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/galena.htm (1275 words)

	Galena, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Galena is the largest city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S state of Alaska.
		Galena is located on the north bank of the Yukon River, 72 km (45 miles) east of Nulato.
		On December 14, 2004, Galena's City Council tentatively accepted a proposal from Toshiba Corporation to build a small nuclear reactor in the village as a demonstration, which if built would be the first nuclear power plant in Alaska.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Galena,_Alaska (743 words)

	Alaska Village Moves from Diesel to 'Micro-Nuke'
		Galena is a 700-person Athabascan Indian village on the Yukon River, located 275 miles west of Fairbanks and 550 miles northwest of Anchorage.
		Galena is powered by generators burning diesel that is barged in during the Yukon River's ice-free months.
		Galena looked at other sources of energy, such as coal, which pollutes, and solar power, but the sun is not very present at this kind of latitude.
	www.primidi.com /2005/02/06.html (707 words)

	ATSDR - Health Consultation - Galena Airport (a/k/a USAF Galena Air Force Station), Galena, Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska
		The former Galena Air Station (GAS), now known as the Galena Airport, and the adjacent Village of Galena, Alaska (AK) are located in west-central Alaska along the Yukon River (64° 44' N Latitude, 157° 53' West Longitude).
		The community of Galena is located on the north bank of the Yukon River in an area known as the Koyukuk Flats region: extensive lowlands covering about 4,000 square miles at the confluence of the Yukon and Koyukuk Rivers.
		During this Cold War period, in compliance with the Alaska Statehood Act of 1958, the airport was transferred from the CAA to the state of Alaska in 1966.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/galenaairport/gal_p1.html (3060 words)

	Stories from Alaska
		Galena was a good place to live in the late 60s and 70s for a person that enjoyed the outdoors.
		In Galena there were a number of residents that had retired with the AF and stayed on to work at the base as civilians.
		One of the dangers of flying in Alaska is at times the poor visibility caused by smoke in the summer from forest fires and in the winter from snow storms, ice fog, etc. One of the problems run into by pilots is known as a whiteout.
	www.jbpacooper.com /stories_from_alaska.htm (22709 words)

	Honoring Nations 2000 >> Yukaana Development Corporation
		The traditional homeland of the Louden Tribe is in the interior region of Alaska, near the hub village of Galena, which lies 270 air miles west of Fairbanks.
		Galena is also home to the United States Air Force Galena Air Station, which was established in 1940 as part of the military’s Aircraft Lend Lease Program.
		Not only is YDC the first tribally owned enterprise in Alaska, but it works under the first memorandum of agreement between a tribe and the USAF, and Louden is the first tribe to be approved to provide environmental remediation services to a semi-active military base in Alaska.
	www.ksg.harvard.edu /hpaied/hn/hn_2000_dev.htm (1752 words)

	The History of Galena - ExploreNorth
		Galena is located on the north bank of the Yukon River, 45 miles east of Nulato and 270 air miles west of Fairbanks.
		Galena was established in 1918 near an old Athabascan fish camp called Henry's Point.
		During the 1950s, military facilities at the Galena and Campion Air Force Stations, airport and road developments, sparked growth in the community.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/alaska/bl-Galena.htm (371 words)

	Galena Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Galena Nuclear Power Plant is an unbuilt nuclear power plant that has been proposed for construction in the Yukon River village of Galena in the U.S. state of Alaska.
		Galena is not accessible by road, and its energy needs are provided by large air and water shipments of fuel oils, gasoline and propane.
		Because of Galena's climate, the Yukon River is frozen 8–9 months of the year, stopping all delivery by the seasonal river barges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Galena_Nuclear_Power_Plant (364 words)

	Nuclear Power for Galena, Alaska
		Galena, Alaska has a problem that may be solved with an innovative application of nuclear power.
		With the help of the state of Alaska, the town leaders commissioned a study to determine if there was any available technology that could meet their energy needs at a lower cost.
		Galena could experience a mini-boom as it becomes a hub of regional energy and innovation.
	www.atomicinsights.com /AI_03-20-05.html (2441 words)

	DEC - Contaminated Sites Program - Site Summary - Galena Air Force Station
		This means extensive investigation of the Galena Airport is being completed to assess the total extent of contamination, determine the associated risks to humans and the environment, and evaluate different mechanisms to cleanup the contamination.
		The population of Galena in 1940, the year the military began a major buildup in Alaska, was 30.
		Galena Airport was established as a Forward Operating Base for fighter-interceptors to meet the threat of Soviet bombers that had developed during the early years of the Cold War.
	www.dec.state.ak.us /spar/csp/sites/galena.htm (1493 words)

	Alaska.com \| Other cities & towns (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Galena, Alaska, is located on the north bank of the Yukon River, 45 miles east of Nulato and 270 air miles west of Fairbanks.
		Establishment of the Galena Air Force Base in the 1950s brought growth and change, and a flood in 1971 resulted in the creation of a new community site with more than 150 homes.
		Galena serves as a regional transportation, government and commercial center.
	www.alaska.com.cob-web.org:8888 /places/cities/other_cities/story/4565654p-4890112c.html (853 words)

	Galena, AK News
		Alaska State Troopers say five homes and the village school in Hughes were damaged by water when the Koyukuk River overflowed its banks.
		A state appeals court reaffirmed Alaska law stating that people charged with crimes in rural Alaska may be tried in rural Alaska.
		FAIRBANKS, Alaska State officials say they were surprised by the decision by the Air Force to stop helping plow snow from the runway at Galena after March 31st.
	www.topix.net /city/galena-ak (694 words)

	Galena's Proposed Nuclear Battery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Galena to apply for permit to build nuclear power plant - NO CHARGE: Toshiba to build plant for free; city to fund operation.
		Galena serves as a hub for a handful of smaller villages along the Yukon and its tributaries.
		Alaska's senior Senator, Republican Ted Stevens, the Senate pro tempore and chair of the powerful appropriations committee, has said that he supports Toshiba's proposal, but that it will have to first clear the hurdle of public opinion.
	www.nonukesnorth.net /galena.shtml (3152 words)

	District Success - Galena (Alaska) City School District - PEAK Learning Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Located in the heart of Alaska, Galena is only accessible by boat (in the summer, when the river is ice-free) and by plane.
		Teachers are helping the student, who has met district requirements but still needs to reach some state ones, with her options: re-enroll and re-test, enroll in the district's post-secondary program, or find a college that will enroll her in remedial classes.
		One success story that Galena educators like to share: A runaway who had been expelled from three different school districts came to the residential school.
	www.peaklearn.com /article.asp?A_ID=26 (1105 words)

	Galena City School District - Frontiers of Learning in Alaska
		The Leave No Child Behind Act that was signed into law in January of 2002 collectively refocuses our national attention on teacher quality as being the critical ingredient to improving education on a school by school basis.
		NCLB provides specific definitions and guidelines for states to develop plans that will ensure all teachers teaching in core academic areas are “highly qualified” by the end of the 2005-06 school year and that all paraprofessionals (aides) also meet the “highly qualified” requirements as dictated by the state of Alaska.
		Galena City School District has traditionally kept “teacher quality” at the forefront of all our hiring practices as well as professional development opportunities that are provided for our teaching staff.
	www.galenaalaska.org /nclb.htm (267 words)

	EPA Region 10 - OWCM Model for Alaska Community-Based Environmental Protection
		One of the most obvious chemical and waste management problems in Galena involves past military practices which left the area strewn with hundreds of fuel drums, contaminated soils and ground water.
		The Tribe is also concerned that the effects of this contamination may extend to their subsistence food items--big and small game, fish and locally harvested plants.
		In a project entitled "Alaska Native Use of Local Food Resources: Harvests, Contaminants, Concerns and Cultural Importance," OWCM has awarded a grant to the University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA) to develop an easily accessible database concerning the contamination of subsistence resources in Alaska.
	yosemite.epa.gov /R10/OWCM.NSF/states/cbepgalena (732 words)

	Flow-Meter and Passive Diffusion Bag Tests and Potential Influences on the Vertical Distribution of Contaminants in ...
		Past activities at Galena Airport, a U.S. Air Force Base in Galena, Alaska, have resulted in ground-water contamination by volatile organic compounds.
		In general, concentrations of volatile organic compounds detected in the low-flow samples from wells at Galena Airport were approximately the same concentrations detected in the closest polyethylene diffusion bag sample for a wide variety of volatile organic compounds.
		Vertical profiling of selected wells using polyethylene diffusion bag samplers at Galena Airport showed that from September 30 to October 1, 2002, little vertical change occurred in volatile organic compound concentrations along the screen length despite the fact that little or no vertical flow was measured in most of the tested wells in August 2002.
	pubs.usgs.gov /of/2004/1241 (1082 words)

	KIYU GALENA
		The consultants who are writing the comprehensive reuse plan for the Galena Air Force Base have set up a website with information about the project, timeline, and how to make comments.
		The most recent KIYU newscast covers the most recent developments on the effort to transfer land and facilities on the Galena air base from Air Force to State and City control.
		KIYU Galena is a 12.5 kilowatt listener-supported public radio station, broadcasting on 910 AM to the middle Yukon and lower Koyukuk region of the Interior of Alaska.
	www.kiyu.com (346 words)

	ATSDR - Galena Airport Site in Galena, Alaska
		To gather additional information, ATSDR will coordinate with the U.S. Air Force, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, other state and federal agencies, Alaska native health organizations and the community.
		The Louden Tribal Council asked ATSDR to determine whether air force operations exposed residents to unhealthy levels of environmental contaminants on the previous Galena Air Station, Campion Air Station, or Kalakaket Creek White Alice System Station.
		A number of chemicals, primarily fuels and solvents, were required to operate and maintain military aircraft previously stationed at the former Galena Air Station.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /NEWS/galenaak091103.html (402 words)

	Galena Village Blacksmith Shop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hi -- The picture above is the Galena Village Blacksmith shop in Galena, Alaska.
		Galena is a bush village in interior Alaska, on the north bank of the Yukon River about 300 miles west of Fairbanks.
		We don't have street addresses in Galena, so to get to the flsmith shop, you would look for the last street on the east end of town, turn left and look for the shop.
	www.galenavillageblacksmith.com (110 words)

	Galena :: Alaska Mentoring Demonstration Project
		If you want to download a better browser there are many good ones to choose from and all of them are free.
		Mentors meet with their Littles in their homes or can be seen doing things throughout the community.
		For more information on Big Brothers Big Sisters opportunities in Galena, call toll-free 1-888-442-8957 or email Cyndi Nation.
	www.mentoringak.org /galena.shtml (257 words)

	Alaska ICE
		Alaska Youth for Environmental Action by 10th grader, Madison Christiansen.
		Putt-Putt at Galena's PERS by Stacey Graham, a staff member at Galena's Project Education Residential School.
		One Impressed Coach in Galena by Jeffrey Barry, a resident advisor and volleyball coach at Galena's Project Education Residential School.
	www.alaskaice.org /material.php?matID=141 (1748 words)

	Galena travel guide
		Galena travel guide - The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see
		it takes to drive the Al-Can highway from Washington state, then how much to fly to Galena and Nulato so my friend can revisit where she used to teach school and where I would love to visit.
		Additional travel guides are available in ten languages at wikitravel.org.
	www.world66.com /northamerica/unitedstates/alaska/galena_1 (102 words)

	Galena, Alaska (AK) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hotels, hospitals, schools, crime, news
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		Discuss Galena, Alaska on our local forum with tens of thousands registered users
		Latest news from Galena, AK collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
	www.city-data.com /city/Galena-Alaska.html (644 words)

	Burns and Roe - Technical Publications
		About Us The City of Galena, Alaska, has no connection to an outside power grid.
		Diesel generators have several drawbacks for the city such as high cost of operation and environmental pollution concerns.
		The U.S. Department of Energy concluded that a power generation facility based on Toshiba Corporation's "Super-Safe, Small and Simple" (4S) reactor is the best economic and environmental choice for Galena.
	www.roe.com /about_techGalena.htm (151 words)

	Galena, Alaska AK, city profile (Yukon-Koyukuk census area) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Galena was $22,143, compared with $21,587 nationally.
		Median rent in Galena, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $500.
		The average commute time for Galena workers is 7 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27946 (654 words)

	Galena, AK Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
		Back to: Galena main page, Alaska, Alaska smaller cities, Alaska small towns, All US cities.
		Housing units in Galena with a mortgage: 29 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
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	www.city-data.com /housing/houses-Galena-Alaska.html (384 words)

	AirPirates :: ALASKA
		Tail gunners position at a clearing where it is being rigged for flight back to Galena, Alaska.
		An area with solid ground and clear of trees was found nearby to do the rigging of the parts for the long flight to Galena.
		B-17F tail section recovered from lake near Ruby, Alaska nearing completion at Larkins facility.
	www.airpirates.com /gallery/ALASKA?page=3 (231 words)

	Galena Real Estate - Galena Alaska
		You might be interested to know that Galena has a population of 1,053 and the average household income in Galena is $51,977.
		Residents of Galena enjoy -9.2 degree weather in the month of January and 60.95 degree weather in the month of July.
		The median age in Galena is 27.13 and the average household size in Galena is 2.97.
	www.homepages.com /localpages/Alaska/Galena.htm (131 words)

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