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2015 BSAR Annual Meeting a Great Success

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L-R: Local Elders Bob Aloysius, Henry Tikiun, and Peter Atchak enjoy a front row seat during the Annual BSAR Presentation

L-R: Local Elders Bob Aloysius, Henry Tikiun, Peter Atchak, and William McCar enjoy a front row seat during the Annual BSAR Presentation

A big thank you to everyone that came to 2015 BSAR Annual Meeting and to the BSAR Board of Directors for putting it all together.

2015 BSAR Annual Meeting – February 19 – 6PM

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Good turn out at the 2014 BSAR Annual Meeting!

Good turn out at the 2014 BSAR Annual Meeting!

The 2015 BSAR Annual Meeting will be held February 19th at the BSAR Headquarters Building. A potluck style dinner will begin at 6PM with the meeting following. All BSAR Members, their families, and the general public are invited to attend. BSAR will be providing food but please bring a dish if you can.

Come see what BSAR has been doing over the past year and help us plan for the new one.

For more information call: 545-2877 or 545-4502

Thank you.

From KYUK- BSAR Traveler Advisory

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http://kyuk.org/bethel-search-and-rescue-cautions-kuskokwim-travelers-of-hazardous-overflow/

by BEN MATHESON on FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Travelers navigated hazardous overflow in Bethel on February 17, 2015. Photo by Geraldine Brink / KYUK.

Bethel Search and Rescue is urging extra caution for travelers on the river due to deep overflow. The head of Bethel Search and Rescue, Mike Riley says there are multiple feet of overflow in many spots. Going upriver, Riley says Church slough is deep.

“It is very deep water and I would not recommend traveling that way at all. If you’re going to travel up rivers, stay on the main river please. Otherwise, from Bethel to Napakiak, there is a lot of overflow, and Napaskiak is reporting a lot of water on the entrance over there also,” said Riley.

Travelers navigated deep overflow in Bethel on February 17, 2015. Photo by Geraldine Brink / KYUK.<br>

Search and rescue is recommending travelers stay off the river at night. All of the normal entrances to the river at Bethel have very deep overflow. People have instead accessed it from inside of the boat harbor. Riley says south winds from the warm weather system have pushed water up the river.“The ice has dropped down, it makes it even deeper, you have to look at the ice itself,” said Riley.