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A man stands in front of a moose enclosure while a large moose stands in the foreground.

Local News, Wildlife

Kroschel loses USDA license, wildlife center closes to the public

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News August 7, 2024February 10, 2025

A dumpster sits in the middle of a wooded lot in the campground, it has bear paw prints along the side of it. It's meant to illustrate the level of bear activity in the Chilkoot campground.

News, Southeast News, Local News, Wildlife

State departments tracking problem bears near Chilkoot Lake campground

by Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News August 1, 2024August 1, 2024

Craig Franke talks about Community Waste Solutions' attempts to build an effective fence against bears on Monday, July 15, 2024, at the landfill in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Wildlife, News, Local News

Third time’s a charm: Landfill puts up new fence to keep brown bears at bay

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News July 19, 2024August 29, 2024

Scout, a sled dog, rides in a car outside Fairbanks, Alaska on Nov. 10, 2013. (Ian Dickson/KTOO)

News, Wildlife, Transportation

CDC’s new rules for dogs entering the US will have unique impacts in Alaska

by Dan Bross - KUAC July 18, 2024September 11, 2024

hree brown bear cubs crouch in the grass near their mother in a meadow in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in 2009. A new rule resurrects a ban on bear baiting by sport hunters in national preserves in Alaska, but the National Park Service opted against expanding the rule to ban other controversial practices. (Courtesy/ K. Jalone, National Park Service)

Bear baiting again banned in national preserves in Alaska, under new National Park Service rule

by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon July 12, 2024August 29, 2024

Whales in Glacier Bay on July 17, 2009. The National Park Service has issued its first whale waters alert of the season, slowing boats through areas where whales have been observed feeding. (Courtesy/Christopher Michael, Wikimedia Commons)

Local News, Wildlife

With humpback whales feeding in the area, Glacier Bay tells boaters to slow down

by Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News July 3, 2024August 29, 2024

Local News, Wildlife

Bald Eagle Foundation rescues two eagles over the weekend

by Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News July 1, 2024September 12, 2024

ADF&G confirms verified expansion of invasive European green crab

by Liam Demko - Petersburg Pilot July 1, 2024August 29, 2024

(Justin Shoemaker/USFWS, Public Domain)

Wildlife, Environment, News, Southeast News

Mountain lion killed on island; first Southeast sighting since 1998

by Becca Clark - Wrangell Sentinel June 24, 2024June 24, 2024

(Courtesy/Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Local News, Wildlife

Study finds more than 300 brown bears in Upper Lynn Canal

by Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News June 17, 2024October 14, 2024