Haines residents apparently have come to a general consensus about what they would like new bear-viewing infrastructure in the Chilkoot River corridor to look like.
Lucille Baranko, a landscape specialist for the state Department of Natural Resources who is managing the project, said most residents seem to prefer Alternative “D,” which creates three small viewing decks resting on earthen embankments and three bus pull-outs on the road’s river side.
Residents are leaning toward that alternative,…
