Raincountry Contracting cleared the way for visitors to enjoy the Anan Wildlife Observatory in time for this week’s opening of the bear viewing season.
The Petersburg-based company needed to pump out the 750-gallon-capacity public toilets, which are typically emptied once a year, according to U.S. Forest Service staff.
Due to a delay in changing Raincountry’s address in a federal database for contractors, the contracting department at the Forest Service found a way to work around the holdup, Clint Kolarich, district ranger, said Monday. The permit season for the observatory started Tuesday.
In order to get pumping equipment to Anan, Raincountry Contracting had to coordinate with a boat to take its pump truck out there, said Tory Houser, program coordinator with the Forest Service.
The conditions had to be specific for the trip, which included a high tide so that the boat could land close enough to the trailhead restrooms for the pumping equipment to reach the toilets.
Work was completed earlier this month on a million-dollar rebuild of the observation deck and shelter at Anan.
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