Resident Joe Ordonez doesn’t duck conflict in his new book, “Where Eagles Gather: The Story of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, Haines, Alaska.”
In an interview this week, the photographer, naturalist and tour operator said conflict is inseparable from the story of the 48,000-acre preserve.
A proposed iron mine led to recognition of a “critical habitat area” for eagles in the early 1970s. Controversial plans for logging the surrounding area resulted in creation of…
