As we welcome our first visitors to Haines for the heliski season, the Borough is taking steps to safeguard our community with Covid mitigation protocols. The Borough should also be taking steps to safeguard our wildlife from the impact of recreational helicopter activity on public lands. The Alaska Dept of Fish & Game has documented a decline […]
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Lynn Canal gillnetters face another year of conservative management restrictions
The Haines gillnet fleet will, once again, see a conservative set of management restrictions for the 2021 season, according to a Feb. 8 press release from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG). In 2020, upper Lynn Canal fishing was restricted to two days per week in the Eldred Rock Lighthouse area. In southern Lynn Canal, fishing […]
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2020: Pandemic, natural disaster and upheaval
As I sat down to write the 2020 Year in Review, I thought: “I don’t want to relive this year, nor should anyone else.” But tradition dictates an annual recap, which if left unwritten, would end my positive relationship with CVN bookkeeper Jane Pascoe. Plus, the newspaper is a weekly black hole of white space […]
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Community Foundation awards more than $28,000 in grants
The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation announced its 2020 grant awards “Covid-style” via a YouTube video where board members swayed to the song “Lean on Me” on the beach along the Chilkat River. “In times like this we all need to lean on each other and to offer a helping hand wherever we can,” CVCF board president […]
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Handyman offers odd-job services Josh Benassi is back in business after a year-long hiatus from his handyman company, “Josh of All Trades.” Benassi is now available for small woodworking projects and has been installing shelves, fixing staircases and installing gates around town since September. He is also ready to start shoveling snow off rooftops. Benassi […]
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This Week In History
Archive news from 50, 25 and 10 years ago. Aug. 25, 1967 The Chilkat Center for the Arts at Port Chilkoot is nearing completion for a scheduled opening on Saturday, Sep. 16. The building, formerly E&R Hall for the Army post, has been completely renovated and the interior work is now being done. The fireplace […]
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Chum runs dwindle up drainage and across the state
This year’s chum salmon return to the Chilkat River drainage was a record low, with much of the state also experiencing dismal returns of both wild and hatchery stocks. Herman Creek, a popular site along Porcupine Road, won’t see an enhanced chum return next year as the incubation program shut down four years ago. Alaska Department of […]
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Ore terminals have risks
At the Sept. 22 Haines Borough Assembly meeting, Lynn Canal Conservation was accused of using ‘scare tactics’ in our Sept. 14 member alert. Risks of an ore terminal in Haines should not be minimized or ignored. Fugitive dust along the haul road is just one of the risks posed by an ore terminal. The dangers of fugitive dust, spills, […]
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Chilkat sockeye, coho, chum runs appear low compared to past years
Although the Chilkoot sockeye run met the escapement goal this year, the outlook for Chilkat River sockeye is less promising. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) pulled the Chilkoot fish weir on Sept. 9. The sockeye count was 60,218 fish, within the department’s 38,000 to 86,000 escapement range, which is based on the number needed […]
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King meet escapement goal 2nd year in a row
This year, the Chilkat River king salmon run met the 1,750 to 3,500-fish escapement goal for the second year in a row. It’s likely that more than 3,000 mature kings reached Chilkat River spawning grounds this year, the highest number since 2009, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Brian Elliott said. The 2020 mark-and-recapture study, used to estimate […]