A Haines hunting guide faces $40,000 in fines and permanent revocation of professional guiding privileges after agreeing to plead guilty to federal and state charges.

Ron Martin, 71, signed a 56-page plea agreement with federal attorneys May 1, the same day five felony counts were filed.

The charges involve allegations of illegal wildlife trafficking and falsification of hunting records in Canada and Alaska.

Martin faces additional misdemeanor charges brought by the state of Alaska.

According…