Takshanuk Watershed Council Science Director Stacie Evans said she started counting bald eagles in mid-September and will continue through mid-December. 

She starts out along the Chilkoot River and counts at a few sites, then does one where Mud Bay Road and Small Tracts Road intersect. She then stops along the highway up to 30 Mile, which means she’s capturing a portion of the Klehini River as well.  

The once-a-week count is not really a population…

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