The Haines Sportsman’s Association third annual coho derby is scheduled to kick off next week, with some changes to accommodate pandemic mitigation including photo check-ins to promote catch and release should a participant not choose to eat their catch. “There are no Canadians coming this year so we figure it should be a good year […]
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9th circuit sides with BLM, Constantine
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) did not need to take into account the effects of a future mine when it approved Constantine Metal Resources’ permit to conduct Palmer Project exploration work, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said in an opinion published Friday, which upholds the 2019 ruling of the federal District Court in […]
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Fossils reveal ancient shorelines
Retired biology teacher and geology aficionado John Norton recently sent out clay containing fossil samples from three areas in the Chilkat Valley to get radiocarbon dated. The results help paint a picture of what the local landscape looked like between 11,250 to 13,450 years ago when the fjord reached up to what is now 25 […]
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CARES Act funds CIV household grants
he Chilkat Indian Village (CIV) is using federal CARES Act dollars to fund household grants for year-round Klukwan residents and tribal members who live within 70 miles of the village, located on the shores of the Chilkat River near 21 Mile Haines Highway. Each household can request up to $2,000 in rent, utility, mortgage or food assistance to help […]
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Fishing remains slow, chum returns ‘extremely poor’
Poor chum salmon returns combined with an uncertain sockeye run have gillnetters concerned. “It’s disastrous,” fisherman Norm Hughes said this week. He said he’s catching about the same amount every week, and not seeing the run build to a peak. “It’s very humbling,” Hughes said. “I’d like to think I’m smarter than the fish, but […]
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Lende’s latest book reflects on small-town political stress
Oh, the toxic political vitriol, the alternative facts, the intimidating personalities, the character assassinations. Nope, we aren’t talking about wheeler-dealers in Washington, D.C. Not even in Juneau. Our locus is the small community of Haines, with a borough population of about 2,500. This former logging town now survives on tourism, fishing and the outdoors, and […]
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Slow start to season for Lynn Canal gillnetters
The commercial drift gillnet season, which began June 21, is off to a slow start. Prices are comparable to this time last year, but so far fish numbers are low. And the salmon have been small, gillnetter Norm Hughes said. Hughes, who primarily fishes for chum, said he believes in a “sit, stay, make it […]
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ADF&G restrictions, COVID-19 could dampen gillnet season
Gillnetters in the Lynn Canal will face restrictions similar to last year’s despite a slight rebound in the Chilkat River chinook salmon population last year. The Chilkat River chinook, more commonly known as king salmon, was designated a stock of concern at the 2018 Board of Fish (BOF) meeting after multiple years of failing to achieve escapement goals. The BOF approved […]
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DOT finalizes plans for summer highway project
Phase two of the Haines Highway reconstruction project will take place this summer. The Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) said it hopes to advertise the job soon. The most recent Haines Highway reconstruction project began in 2018 and is scheduled to take place in three phases over the course of several years. The goal is […]
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Ocean-going king smolt continues to dip
An estimated 61,000 king smolt left the Chilkat River drainage in 2015, the lowest on record according to new Alaska Department of Fish and Game statistics released this spring. Those fish were spawned from returning kings in 2013, the third run at the time that failed to meet the department’s escapement goals. In 2014, about 64,000 from […]