The Mudflats

Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics

Voices from the Flats – Without Vision, A City Dies

Without Vision a City Dies – The Campbell Creek Estuary Story By Dianne Holmes In the 1890s, Tanana was a bustling town with a military post that was destined to be the center of commerce for interior Alaska—forever—according to a newspaper article of that era. That was a good bet then, given that Tanana was [...]
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Voices From The Flats — I Get It, But My Mayor Is Clueless

Post and Photos By Carl Johnson I have lived in two rather large metropolitan areas: the Twin Cities, with its two million people, and Los Angeles, with, well, way too many people.  I chose to move to Anchorage eleven years ago not because I was looking for urban, but because I was looking for wild [...]