The National Park Service will continue maintaining Sitka’s state parks after the state of Alaska cut funding to keep them clean. In an announcement Tuesday, the state and NPS announced that an arrangement begun last year will continue this year.
NPS operates the Sitka National Historical Park, while the state owns the Baranof Castle State Historical Site and Old Sitka State Historical Park.
Federal employees will pick up trash and maintain the grounds of the two state-owned sites.