A new tour permit using Portage Cove

Local Aimee Creelman was awarded a permit to develop a new tour option in Haines: forest bathing. 

“Forest therapy, forest bathing, has been described as something like a meditation in nature. It’s not a nature walk, it’s not a hike. It’s more of, following a standard sequence that the guide leads the participants through. Helping folks to immerse in nature through engaging in their senses,” Creelman told the…

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