Residents may face new restrictions on how they care for their garbage and other attractants like fruit trees and livestock under a proposed bear ordinance being developed by the Haines Borough.
Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest said he expects to have a draft ordinance for consideration by the assembly at its Sept. 21 meeting. He said it will be fashioned after similar laws in Skagway, Sitka and Juneau.
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