Fairweather Science LLC

04/02/2026

Great time at the Alaska Emergency Management Conference with the team. Thank you to everyone that stopped by to talk, presenters for informative talks, and DHS&EM for hosting a great conference.

04/01/2026

Please share! We are looking for a brilliant practitioner to join our team.

08/30/2025

J.E. McAmis!

Join us at the Unalaska Public Library on September 2 for the USACE Channel Dredge Commemoration. For more information, visit the city website at www.unalaska.gov.

See you there!

08/25/2025

Our team has had a great season with JE McAmis in Dutch Harbor!

08/14/2025

Amazing leadership absolutely paid off!

Capital City Fire/Rescue would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the City Manager’s Office, CBJ Assembly, Tlingit & Haida, the EOC Command Team, and all staff who worked tirelessly in the year leading up to the recent flooding event.

Your pre-incident planning, flood preparations, and the acquisition and installation of the Hesco Barriers on the Mendenhall River were nothing short of exceptional. Because of your dedication, our community avoided what certainly would have been tens of millions of dollars in damages.

Thanks to these proactive measures, CCFR did not respond to a single emergency evacuation or rescue during the rising flooding — a remarkable testament to the effectiveness of the planning, partnerships, and teamwork involved.

This was a true community success story, and every person involved should be proud of the averted disaster. We are grateful for your leadership, foresight, and commitment to protecting Juneau.

08/12/2025

Our team has had a great time working in Dutch Harbor with J.E. McAmis!

J.E. McAmis crews have worked around the clock in some very challenging conditions at Dutch Harbor, AK this summer. Lots of tough digging, rough days, fog, cancelled flights, tsunami evacuations (x2)...Crews wrap up this week with more than 172,000 cy of consolidated glacial til dredged to a depth of -60'. Thank you to Daforge Marine and Fairweather Sciences for the support on this one.

Photo Credit: Fairweather Science LLC

Dredging Today Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fairweather Science LLC

07/15/2025

The Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan for the 2025 City & Borough of Juneau and Tlingit & Haida Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update is available for public review and comment until July 25.

View the draft plan, learn more about the project and find out how to share your comments at https://juneau.org/newsroom-item/draft-hazard-mitigation-plan-now-available-for-public-review-and-comment.

What is Hazard Mitigation?
Hazard Mitigation refers to any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to life and/or property from natural hazards.

So then... what is Hazard Mitigation Planning?

Hazard mitigation planning refers to the ongoing strategic process to identify and assess potential threats to life and property, evaluate local mitigation actions, and make a plan to implement those actions. Without hazard mitigation, more damage would be done during a disaster, impacts would be costlier, and it would be harder for our communities to recover from them. Public input is critical to this process.

06/25/2025

J.E. McAmis began dredging operations for USACE Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, yesterday at Dutch Harbor, AK. J.E. McAmis' new excavator dredge Ellis Island, will work to remove 170,000 cubic yards of glacial till. Dredging will be performed down to an elevation of -58' with -60' allowable. All material will be ocean-disposed.

Photo: Emeri Wilson

Dredging Today World DREDGING Northwestern Division, US Army Corps of Engineers USACE USACE South Pacific Division

06/20/2025

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Draft Risk Assessment for the 2025 City and Borough of Juneau and Tlingit & Haida’s Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update for Public Review and Comment. The document is available on the CBJ website at bit.ly/3GdxMQm.

We need your input! Please provide comments on the Draft Risk Assessment and your recommendations for mitigation projects using the Comment Log at bit.ly/3GdxJEa and email it to our contractor ([email protected]) by July 1, 2025.

Please see our project Storymap at bit.ly/HMPStorymap for more information regarding the project.

PUBLIC MEETING: We will be holding a public meeting on June 30, 2025, to present the Draft Risk Assessment and take public comments. The meeting will be held in the Assembly Chambers from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and will be hosted remotely for those that are not able to attend in person.

Join the Microsoft Teams meeting at bit.ly/3G4lNol (Meeting ID: 236 777 824 173 5, Passcode: tR2Qn3kW)
Dial in by phone: 1-907-302-3866 with phone conference ID 674 805 43

04/22/2025

The Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO) is a resource for Alaska Native subsistence hunters, coastal communities, and others interested in sea ice and walrus. ...