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# Borough to start charging for backcountry rescue
- URL: https://ktna.org/borough-to-start-charging-for-backcountry-rescue/
- Published: 2010-01-08T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-01-08T09:00:00.000Z
- Description: The Mat Su Borough is the first Borough in Alaska to initiate a system where someone being rescued in the backcountry will pay for the service. The Borough Assembly approved
- Author: KTNA Staff
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

The Mat Su Borough is the first Borough in Alaska to initiate a system where someone being rescued in the backcountry will pay for the service. The Borough Assembly approved of the decision last summer and the Borough’s Emergency Service department is now working at implementing the decision.

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