Lori Mastrella signs a petition asking the state to allow camping at Portage Cove during a “Camp-In” organized by mayor Tom Morphet on May 17, 2024. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

More Chilkoot Tour Permits 

The assembly approved two more tour permits for operations in the Chilkoot Lake area

The applications, from Cyclops Cycles and Sue Rakes Photography, come during renewed scrutiny on overcrowding and tourist behavior in the bear-heavy area. 

Rakes, and Cyclops owners Andrew…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.

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