Southeast landslide conference canceled amid federal uncertainty

Southeast landslide conference canceled amid federal uncertainty

Amber Winkel (left) and Todd Winkel (right) make their way across the Beach Road landslide in order to check on their home in January 2021. (Henry Leasia/KHNS) Dozens of fire chiefs, city planners, tribal natural resource managers and other officials from across Southeast Alaska were set to gather last month for a second annual landslide conference. But that didn’t happen. The event’s organizers cancelled the gathering amid uncertainty over fede…