Third grader Zephyr Cox returns from a Snow School lesson, an outdoor education program organized by Takshanuk Watershed Council and Winter Wildlands Alliance. On Feb. 11, third graders donned snowshoes and walked across the soccer field to investigate different types of snow and ice crystals. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
Cora Albecker, Nova Ward, Teal Tarelton and Lolana Hart follow moves from Silvia Lynch during the intermission of a Feb. 11 basketball game. (Lex Treinen /Chilkat Valley News)
Haines middle schoolers perform during a break a Glacier Bears basket ball game. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
JC Davis jumps for a rebound during a game against the Craig Panthers in February. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
Haines Highway summit. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
Colton Combs looks for an inside pass during a Feb. 11 game against Craig. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
Snow school participants strapped on snow shoes to investigate snow crystals in the soccer field by Haines School. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News()
Ari’el Godinez Long drives topward the basket in a game against the Craig Panthers. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
An injured moose rests near Haines. Alaska Fish and Game regional biologist Carl Koch said he believed the moose, which Haines residents reported appeared to have an injured leg, was the same moose that had been spotted in the fall, but appeared to be fairly healthy otherwise. He advised residents not to harass the moose and keep dogs leashed. (Photo courtesy of Donald Poling)
Snow school participants strapped on snow shoes to investigate snow crystals in the soccer field by Haines School. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News()
Ice forms at the small boat harbor in Haines. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

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