Relocation

The coastal New England town of Provincetown, Mass. and the Bering Sea coastal village of Mertarvik are just about as far away as two places can be in the United States. But students in both communities have common ground in growing up in a rapidly changing climate.

KYUK reporter Emily Schwing has spent the last two and a half years digging into the relocation of Newtok to Mertarvik, the money that’s been spent, and the infrastructure on both sides of the river. She sat down with KYUK News Director Sage Smiley to talk about some of her findings.

After years of assessments, a major step forward in riverbank stabilization for the Kuskokwim Delta coastal community has been derailed by wide-ranging cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The coastal resilience specialist will work to facilitate close connections with tribes, nonprofits, and agencies in the region as communities face unprecedented challenges dealing with the effects of a changing climate.

Relocation efforts continue for what many consider America’s first climate refugees. Newtok, a community of over 300 people in Southwest Alaska, has been…