“We don’t know a lot about moose around Haines,” said Carl Koch, a wildlife biologist for Alaska Department of Fish and Game. “We know a lot about Gustavus and we know a lot about Berners Bay, but not a lot about the Chilkat Valley.” This year’s survey occurred in the last week of March, and its goal, said Koch, was to learn about the valley’s moose population.

“It went very well actually,” he said. Koch’s…