Klukwan resident Marvin Willard said dumping of fill by state Department of Transportation crews at 23 Mile Haines Highway has diverted a stream and ruined a downstream subsistence fishing spot just north of the village.
A local DOT official said the agency can’t control what happens with water outside the state’s right-of-way.
Willard said he’s been using the spot along the Chilkat River for about four years, a site that’s good for late-season fishing, where…
