Assembly makes plan to address Haines’ bear problem

The Haines Borough Assembly’s Commerce Committee began chipping away at a plan to address the borough’s bear problem at a meeting Tuesday. The committee forwarded two recommendations to the full assembly for consideration—a proposal to loan Community Waste Solutions (CWS) $16,000 to buy 10 additional bear-proof dumpsters and a proposal to revise borough code to clarify what constitutes a bear attractant.

Commerce Committee members Gabe Thomas, Jerry Lapp and Carol Tuynman discussed a variety of…