(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Steve Kroschel’s wildlife facility has been closed to the public since August 4 when his USDA permit to operate lapsed.
Top: Steve Kroschel calls his moose Duck Moses over for a quick snack on August 6, 2024, in Mosquito Lake. Kroschel owns and operates the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center where some 60 animals, including this moose, live.
Second row: (left) A pile of bones labeled “Raven’s Toys” at the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center. (center) Steve Kroschel feeds his small herd of domesticated caribou. (right) (Rashah McChesney) A red fox yawns in an enclosure at Steve Kroschel’s wildlife center.
Third row: (left) Signs like this one dot Steve Kroschels wildlife center, a tongue and cheek reference to the government regulations he is being told to follow at the facility. (middle) The bathroom facilities at Kroschel Films Wildlife Center (right) Steve Kroschel unrolls a band of fencing he said the state wants him to put around one of his fox enclosures to keep people an appropriate distance away.
Bottom: Steve Kroschel points to the signs on the front gate to his wildlife center on August 6, 2024.
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Top: Amy Kane works with molten glass under the watch of instructor Ed Schmid while Charlene “Chuck” Jones and Brynn Murphy look on during a class on April 12, 2024, in a studio at Viking Cove in Mud Bay in the Chilkat Valley.
Second row: (left) Ed Schmid helps Charlene “Chuck” Jones handle molten glass during a glassblowing class (right) Ed Schmid teaches a class on glassblowing.
(Courtesy/Tom Ganner)
A female brown bear cub some Chilkat Valley residents called “Zulu” was euthanized by a state park ranger after a series of incidents at Chilkoot State Park. Shown here on August 3, 2024, the young cub is related to a popular Chilkoot bear dubbed Speedy who had 8 cubs during her 15 year lifespan.
(Francisco Martínezcuello/Chilkat Valley News)
Top and bottom left: American Bald Eagle Foundation summer intern Gabriel Hallmark holds Ahsoka, a western Siberian eagle owl, who is a new addition the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines.
Bottom right: Ahsoka, a western Siberian eagle owl, is a new addition the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines.
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Top: Kelly Calver and husband Ray Calver fish near the mouth of the Chilkoot River on August 5, 2024, in Haines. The two came from Skagway and said it was a slow day.
Second row: (left) Mandy Reigle lays a halibut skate on August 3, near Haines. (right) A commercial fisherman picks a net in the Lutak Inlet on August 9, 2024, near Haines.