Another is a route that would follow the trans-Alaska oil pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Fairbanks and then the Alaska Highway into Canada, which is the route that Stevens agrees with. Saturday starts the 3rd Annual Sandhill Crane Festival. A celebration of fall migration, the festival gives residents one last chance to see their touring feathered friends. The friends of Creamer's Field is scheduling events straight through September 9th. Ongoing will be ABO's bird banding demonstration and the Creamer's Visitor Center.
Organizers say they have tailored the festival for the whole family.
State News Briefs Martha Stewart Comes to Alaska Martha Stewart, the maven of good living, is bringing her production team to the Yukon and southeast Alaska. Stewart is visiting the region to film an episode of her daily syndicated television show. While here, she will fish, hike and make sourdough waffles with starter that came over the Chilkoot Trail 100 years ago. She'll also drive the Klondike Highway, take a sled dog ride and learn how to smoke Alaskan salmon. Her visit is being hosted by Tourism North, a marketing group, and various Alaskan and Canadian tourism groups.