“I’ve been able to view a number of recovery act projects that are underway and many more that are in the works.  In fact I look forward to coming back next summer and seeing these projects, many of which I think will be completed or well into completion by next summer.  But right now we’ve got the planning and some of them have commenced.  So it’s been exciting and encouraging to see that with the recovery dollars we’ve been able to address some huge backlogs and our infrastructure needs in our parks and refuges as well as the other federal agencies that received dollars for Alaska.  So very encouraging reports from the field.”