-- from the issue of July 2, 1992
Story last updated at
2:06 p.m.
Friday, July 5, 2002
10 years ago in the Homer News
Lloyd Schade seeks grazing leases on thousands of acres of land northeast of Homer where he hopes to create a profitable business raising reindeer, possibly imported from Russia. The $20 million visitors' center, the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge plans to build by Beluga Slough will be good for marine education, said people attending a public hearing on the project last week. But, they added, management is needed to keep increasing numbers of visitors from destroying Homer beaches.
