Alaska Land For Sale Remote

Bill Bebee, Izard County EMD: Have disaster? Will travel.

The devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri.

A large, unstoppable forest fire in Arizona.

When we hear of a huge disaster, most of us are anxious to see photos and learn of deaths or injuries.

But Bill Beebe immediately starts thinking about what's being done to save lives and protect the injured and homeless.

"I just start thinking about what the immediate needs must be and what would be the first things I would do if I was there," said Bebee.

Bebee, who came on board in January as Izard County Emergency Management Director, has more than 20 years experience responding to disasters all over the country.

"I grew up in a small town south of Helena," said Beebe, "and I went to the University of Arkansas Forestry School at Monticello."

His first job out of college was working as a forester in the Hardy area.

"I remember getting a call from my boss one night, telling me to meet him downtown (in Hardy)," Bebee recalls. "I asked what for and he told me there was a forest fire and we were going to put it out."

It was his first inkling that "fire suppression" was going to become a big part of his life.

According to Bebee, in the 1970s, Arkansas averaged 7,000 forest fires a year, one of the highest rates in the nation.

"We fought fires all the time and I started enjoying it," said Bebee.

Bebee also had a thing for Alaska and, after spending a summer there as a young adult, he vowed to live there one day.

After working for about nine years as a forester in Arkansas, Bebee landed a forestry job in Alaska and his family set out for the 49th state.

Initially, Bebee worked in land management, selling state land, dealing with water rights, and homesteading and timber sale programs.

As he progressed through the ranks, Bebee wound up as a Coastal Fire Management Officer, responsible for managing 115 million acres of south Alaska. His territory included Juneau, the state capitol and Anchorage, the most populous areas of the state, and some of the most remote wilderness areas, where fire is a constant threat.

"I began working extensively with the Division of Emergency Services and spent months traveling and working to control forest fires," Bebee said. "The "off season," winter months when snow set in, I would finally get back to the office and catch up on paperwork and management stuff.

Alaska Land For Sale

The area in and around Alaska is pretty much beautiful, covered with mountains and valleys. Thus property developers and even big corporate giants wish to create a resort or hotels in Alaska and thus there are many takers for Alaska land for sale sellers. One can even get a remote piece of land that offers the best view of the natural landscape and enjoy a getaway from the stress of the rest of the world. One can find these in the local directories, but if one is situation outside of Alaska, then the internet search engine is the best tool. Like for example there is a Colorado centric land selling site and in the same manner one can find a Alaska land for sale website, which puts together the whole of the sellers listings at one single place, so that the probable buyers can browse through easily. The waterfront is a major attraction and facet of Alaska. Thus there are a lot of options for anchorage in the water fronts and this is why land areas surrounding or near the waters are more popular. As in case of Idaho or Montana or even a country like Canada, the land as a free but restrained and limited natural resource is regulated by certain government laws and rules and regulations.

Alaska

The Alaska Almanac, Facts about Alaska

Frommer's Alaska 2007

Field & Stream

Insiders' Guide to Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska, Including the Kenai Peninsula, Prince William Sound, and Denali National Park