Three bald eagles perched on an aspen tree
Bald eagles in the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. Lex Treinen photo.

In one of his first executive actions of the new year, Gov. Mike Dunleavy dissolved the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council in the name of the “best interests of efficient administration.”

The Legislature has 60 days to undo the action, based on state statute. 

The advisory council was established in 1982 along with the preserve itself, which followed years of wrangling between timber,…