a bald eagle takes flight over a snowy area
A bald eagle takes flight in the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee met recently to fill six open seats, in Haines, Skagway, and Klukwan as well as two undesignated ones.

The advisory committee is a group of community members who meet a few times a year on fish and game management issues.

After elections, the committee spent much of the meeting strategizing on…

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