(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Alaska Wildlife Trooper Josh Whitby started work as the Chilkat Valley’s state wildlife trooper in May.

After more than six months, the Upper Lynn Canal has a new wildlife trooper. 

Trooper Josh Whitby, a Pennsylvania transplant, moved to the Chilkat Valley and started in his new role in May. 

He talked with editor Rashah McChesney about what drew him to Haines, why he got into wildlife law enforcement and what he’s…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...