David Strong testifies at a Senate committee hearing against the elimination of the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council. Just one public commenter wrote in favor of eliminating the council. (Screenshot from Gavel Alaska)

Lawmakers heard testimony from nearly a dozen Haines residents, and got 50 written comments during a hearing on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan to eliminate the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council.

Just one commenter supported the elimination of the council,…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...