The Valley of the Eagles will live up to its name this month as more than 2,000 of our national birds congregate on the Chilkat River. The 22nd annual Alaska Bald Eagle Festival in Haines Monday through Nov. 19 is expected to see the highest turnout of eagles since 2009. About 2,027 eagles were spotted Monday […]
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Police Report
Monday, June 8 A Mud Bay Road resident reported people in the area have been constantly running chainsaws and power tools at 5:45 a.m. An officer contacted the workers to remind them of borough and state noise ordinances. A Small Tracts Road resident reported a 450-pound brown bear in his backyard harassing his dogs. Police […]
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Mountain goat area closure
The state has closed the Takhin Ridge area to mountain goat hunting as of midnight Wednesday because its harvest quota has been reached. This is the area bound by the Takhin River on the south, the Tsirku River on the west and north and the Chilkat River on the east. The harvest target for that area is […]
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Will road work hurt river access?
Questions have been raised about how Chilkat River users – such as rafting companies – will co-exist with several years of work on the Haines Highway. Consequently, the Haines Borough Assembly unanimously approved creation of an ad hoc committee to work on how raft companies, other river users, the public and the state transportation department can co-exist when work […]
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Unit 1D goat area narrows
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed the mountain goat hunting season for two segments of the Takshanuk Mountain Range earlier this week. One affected area that is part of the Unit 1D is north and east of the Haines Highway and Chilkat River, west of the Chilkoot River and Lake, and north to Goat […]
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Work to control local water pollution
Do the people of Haines see what’s happening with the pristine waters of your gorgeous, untouched coastline? Little by little Haines is being transformed into Any Town USA with the issue of water pollution. Alaskan salmon are at risk! As reported in the Alaska Fish Factor (CVN 9/15/16, p. 8) the pink salmon fishery failure […]
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Eagle count abnormally high for now
This winter’s bald eagle counts began Monday with 333 eagles spotted in the Chilkat Valley, a high number for this time of year. Chloe Goodson, American Bald Eagle Foundation volunteer coordinator, is taking over the eagle count duties from Haines resident Pam Randles. Randles has counted eagles every year with Haines High School environmental science and biology […]
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Chinook salmon numbers low for Chilkat River
Chinook salmon returning to Chilkat River spawning grounds this year failed to meet the state’s targets, troubling Alaska Department of Fish and Game experts with the lowest estimated numbers since 1991. Preliminary fish and game department surveys estimated only 1,373 large fish returned to Chilkat River spawning grounds in 2016, which was well below—even factoring in margins of error—the […]
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Police Report
Monday, May 4 A caller reported possible neglect of an animal at a household on FAA Road. The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel was advised. Police received a 911 call for a wound to the hand, but the caller did not want an ambulance. Sunday, May 3 A Mud Bay Road resident reported a four-wheeler illegally […]
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Highway widening on track for next summer
The Haines Highway reconstruction project, a $100 million job about 12 years in the making, this week received the green light to move forward. The Federal Highway Administration signed off on the Alaska Department of Transportation’s plan to widen the roadway, straighten curves and address slide issues from Mile 3.5 to 25.3. The organizations jointly […]