Long-time Fish and Game sport fish biologist retires

Rich Chapell has retired after nearly 20 years as the Haines area sport fish biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Chapell plans to spend his retirement cross-country skiing, spending time with his family, and enjoying life in the Chilkat Valley. “There’s a big world out there,” Chapell told the CVN days before his Dec 1 retirement. “I’d like to get out there a little bit more than I have in the past.”