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No way, Hosea! The next boom in Alaska will be farming hemp, dontcha know? (The Sativa form of "saving the State" seems to have fizzled in spite of its raving popularity.)

AGL you are in the wrong state for land sales. I turned down 450 ths. cash in my hand on a 85ft.x125ft. lot

Turns out farming is work. Who knew?

well it hasn't changed much pay wise... And IIRC master guides today can only hold the license to guide actively in 3 units at a time. I'm impressed though. What I've heard the tests for each unit take a LOT of memory of maps and such. To have memorized all the drainages in half of Alaska is pretty impressive.

25 p/h is 1600 take home +/- every two weeks. Living on that in AK will be tight, The state is currently recruiting at above wage grade pay or advanced step placement.Problem with that? They are not paying existing employees anything more. So a state worker will most likely be training a new person making more than them if the existing employee with the state is not a long term one.THe ak laborers union local 71 negotaited a contract last go around that does not match the CPI , The state is operating at 50-65% staffing levels. Some one eluded to Davis Bacon, thats federal but interstingly Ak pays less than WA and OR in Davis Bacon so best of luck recruiting. We are experiencing a net population loss.Our target 87 per barrel is not going to be met. Wre are in trouble!

Also, I wonder how many of these people would rather work on JBER clearing the runways in the winter starting at $30+ an hour with benefits? The guys on JBER I knew that drove plow trucks even in light snow years all worked 40+ hours a a week and then add shift differential, weekend, and holiday pay, and they are not doing too shabby. After they work on base 6-8 months a year, many went and worked on the slope, or other jobs, I think one or two commercial fished as well.

Those memory tests did not exist until about the '90s.

That snow removal gig on Elmendorf is a good gig from what I been told. Pretty much come to work October through April. Full benefits even when you are not working (in the summer) from what I was told by a fella that did the job. Also once the winter season over they will ask you if you want to work the summer crew doing road work around post. The only downside you are on call and not unusual to get a call to come in at 0200 in the morning.

Was not much before I started, that Guides were licensed for the whole State. There was no test. You were interviewed by an Alaska Territorial Police or State Trooper, and if he felt you were qualified, it was processed. The interview was not about knowledge of the game, but the individuals field experience and ability to stay alive in Alaska wilderness.

It was tougher to survive back then.

From my understanding of working in the same Squadron and then at my current job the employs several term and temp hires, they go in suspended mode when not working. They do not get paid and possibly lose their insurance if they had it. They do not however lose their retirement, etc, it just picks back up when they return to work.