Alaska Department of Fish and Game Biologists labeled Chilkat king salmon a “stock of concern” and is proposing unprecedented restrictions for sport, commercial and subsistence fishing. A stock of concern designation applies when salmon stocks don’t meet historical abundance levels. Fish and Game wrote a draft action plan to help rebuild king salmon runs. The […]
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2017 sees shifting leadership, new beginnings
A shakeup in leadership across government and business, a group of unsatisfied citizens who challenged the assembly and how to approach policing outside the townsite dominated the news this year. The first ripples of discontent occurred after the assembly rejected Diana Lapham’s application to sit on the Ports and Harbor Advisory committee. Don Turner and […]
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Klukwan sues Bureau of Land Management
The Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan and three regional conservation groups filed a lawsuit Monday against the Bureau of Land Management for violating the National Environmental Policy Act when it approved Constantine Metal Resources mining exploration project proposals. The other plaintiffs include Lynn Canal Conservation, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council and Rivers Without Borders. Constantine has been conducting mineral exploration […]
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Duly Noted
Grandparents Pam and Jim Moore were happy to be on hand for the birth of their eighth grandchild. The daughter of Haines high grad Jonathan Moore and his wife Laura Moore, Ayla Jean Moore was born 8:28 a.m. on March 2. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 ozs. and measured 19 inches long. Leading up to the birth, Pam and Jim were in Port Townsend, Wash. with the family, and […]
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Police Report
Monday, March 17 A caller reported a runaway juvenile, who was later located by police and returned to her residence. A person reported a suspicious incident that may have involved stolen property. Police would not elaborate, citing an open investigation. A woman reported she had live-trapped a cat and wanted to give it […]
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Planning commission revisits zoning conflicts
The Haines Borough Planning Commission discussed rezoning Takshanuk Watershed Council’s heavy industrial zoned property after previous commissioner Brenda Josephson questioned the borough assembly’s support of a Takshanuk letter requesting state grant money for trail development on the property. People already bike, hike and cross-country ski in the area. A natural trail “along the Chilkat River between Carr’s Cove and […]
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Canadians score big in coho derby
A group of friends from Canada caught the first and third largest coho salmon during the Haines Sportsman’s Association’s first annual Coho Derby. Curtis Woloshyn, a 41-year-old grain farmer from Saskatchewan, caught the first place 17.75 pound coho on his fly rod and took home a $1,000 prize. Woloshyn traveled to Haines with his friend […]
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Eagle counts soar this year
Researcher Chloe Goodson’s tally of more than 1,400 eagles during a roadside count last week bodes well for next week’s Alaska Bald Eagle Festival. Goodson counted over 700 birds along the Chilkat at the 19 Mile slide and 378 birds at 21 Mile. “If you go out and park on the edge of the slide, […]
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Subsistence fishing times reviewed
Setting maximum commercial gillnet mesh sizes and closing subsistence fishing for increased periods in the Chilkat River were among the proposals the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee reviewed on Friday. The advisory committee met to decide which proposals to support or oppose before the Alaska Board of Fisheries meets in Sitka in January to update statewide […]
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Josephson questions Jones Point trail plans
Haines Borough Planning Commission member and newly elected assembly member Brenda Josephson challenged the borough assembly’s letter of support of Takshanuk Watershed Council’s grant application for recreational trails on the Jones Point property. Takshanuk’s 50 acres is zoned heavy industrial. Playfields and parks, according to borough zoning code, are not an allowable use in areas […]