With unprecedented restrictions on fishing for king salmon, the Haines Sportsman’s Association has turned to coho. Group president Charlie DeWitt said the board is in the early stages of planning for a new coho derby, which would most likely run from late September to early October. The association has been forced to cancel its annual […]
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CIA seeks to resume chum channel work
A local tribe is hoping to resume chum salmon enhancement work in the Chilkat River drainage discontinued by the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association three or more years ago. A new fisheries department of the Chilkoot Indian Association is investigating funding to maintain manmade chum spawning channels, operate incubation boxes and to mark fish to check program […]
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Mother Nature is largest contractor
Regarding Gershon Cohen’s comments in the Feb. 23 CVN story, I ask, “Are we looking at the same river?” I’ve been looking at it for 77 years. “Awareness” to me is what Mother Nature brings to the table, the largest contractor in the world. In my 77 years, millions of yards of material like logs, […]
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King closures extend south
Along with far-reaching restrictions on subsistence and commercial fishing in Lynn Canal, the state Department of Fish and Game also closed large areas around Juneau to sport fishing for king salmon this week. King salmon fishing and retention of kings are prohibited through June 14 between Sherman Rock and Point Couverden, but also in Stephens Passage […]
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Trying to save every last Chilkat king salmon
Biologists are considering unprecedented fishing restrictions this summer to protect a feeble return of king salmon to Chilkat River estuaries. Options include closing sportfishing in Lynn Canal, prohibiting commercial fishing at night, and restricting days of the week that in-river subsistence fishermen can set out nets. The Department of Fish and Game is expected to issue a season […]
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Triathlon aims at focusing awareness on Chilkat River
A planned paddle-bike-run triathlon aims to bring awareness to clean water issues involving the Chilkat River. Longtime clean water activist Gershon Cohen this week started seeking sponsors for the Chilkat Challenge Triathlon he hopes to hold July 16. It would involve an eight-mile canoe paddle from Mosquito Lake to 21 Mile Haines Highway, a bike race […]
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Moose dispatched after rescue
A female moose stuck on the icy Chilkat River at 13 Mile Haines Highway was euthanized Sunday after a rescue attempt. Cody Taylor said he spotted the moose on the ice just before dark on Jan. 13. “It looked like it had fallen through the ice,” Taylor said, but he discovered the next morning that the moose […]
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Year in Review: Art, public projects dominated Haines news
Advances in the arts and public projects marked much of the news in 2016, and combined, for some novel exchanges. At a Sept. 8 Haines Borough Planning Commission meeting dominated by critics of the proposed harbor expansion project, commission chair Rob Goldberg suggested a 630-foot steel wall breakwater planned for Portage Cove might someday be an attraction. […]
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Bazaar vendors feature handmade, homecooked goods
Bob Duis began whipping up his famous fiery chili-for-a-cause three decades ago back in Chicago. Natalie Benassi believes she just might make the northernmost homemade tamales on the planet. And while Judi Rice takes her photographer’s eye out into the Alaskan wilderness to capture all wild creatures, birds are her big-time favorite. The three local […]
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Speed limit change dropped for eagle preserve
Drivers on Haines Highway observed the speed limit through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, which remained at 55 mph during this year’s Alaska Bald Eagle Festival. For the last three years, the speed limit between 19 and 21 Mile was reduced to 45 mph, said Haines Department of Transportation foreman Matt Boron, as drivers found […]