The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council is seeking repeal of a regulation restricting firearms use in the preserve. Council members voted Wednesday to draft a request for immediate lifting of a ban on gun use within a half-mile of a developed facility in the preserve.
The law was questioned after a citation was issued for hunting a bear at 20.5 Mile Haines Highway, not far from the Jilkaat Kwan Cultural Center.
The issue…
