The Takshanuk Watershed Council would like to thank the 22 volunteers that came out to make the first annual Chilkat River Clean-up a success! The team pulled 10 derelict gillnets from the river, 487 aluminum cans, 10 pounds of plastic, 60 pounds of glass, 400 pounds of miscellaneous metals and television sets, and a total of 23 […]
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Count:10 million Chilkoot eulachon
More than 10 million eulachon migrated past the Chilkoot River bridge, a return about five times the size of the one there last year, according to a study by Takshanuk Watershed Council and the Chilkoot Indian Association. Watershed council executive director Brad Ryan said the study’s numbers are preliminary but it was obvious the run […]
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Donations boost traveling Vietnam wall
The Haines Elks Lodge would like to thank everyone who donated to the Vietnam Traveling Wall Fund, and everyone who purchased a raffle ticket for the rifle. All funds and proceeds have been donated to Traveling Wall Fund. With your help we are able to help the American Legion Post #12 get the wall here […]
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Highway widening document out soon
Road work through the critical habitat area of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve will be one area of scrutiny in the environmental assessment of the Haines Highway expansion project. The environmental document for widening the road between the Haines airport and 25.3 Mile should be out this summer, said Reuben Yost, project manager at […]
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State plan for boat put-in opposed
State parks officials say they’re seeking a creative solution to a controversial plan to replace a Chilkat River boat launch area near 25 Mile with one closer to Wells Bridge. Officials from the state Department of Transportation, Division of Parks and Department of Fish and Game are behind the proposal that would eliminate a boat-launch site on […]
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Heli-skiers, bears, dock stole headlines in 2010
The fate of the waterfront, regulation of helicopter skiing and problems with bears dominated headlines in 2010. The town also celebrated its second 3A boys’ basketball championship in three years. And it lost millions of dollars in annual revenues when the Alaska Legislature chopped the voter-ratified cruise ship head tax. “He walked in like he […]
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Releases unpredictable, says Juneau Raptor Center official
An immature eagle that splashed into the Chilkat River during the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival is an example of the “unpredictability” of bird rehabilitation, said a representative of the Juneau Raptor Center. “We never know how a release is going to go,” said Janet Capito, president of the center’s board of directors. “Sometimes, we do our best […]
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‘Baby’ makes a splash
An immature eagle released Saturday during the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival was recaptured Monday due to concerns it wouldn’t survive in the wild. “Baby,” a bird found in late July after falling from a nest in Juneau, failed to gain elevation before a crowd of more than 200. “(It) flew about 10 feet and went […]
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Two brown bears shot, left at 19 Mile; 2 cubs orphaned; probe under way
State wildlife trooper Rick Merritt is investigating the shootings of two adult brown bears discovered recently near 19 Mile Haines Highway, including a sow with two cubs born this year. The cubs since have been seen in the vicinity. “If the cubs stay in the area, they might be captured, if we can find a […]
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Robust prices make season for canal gillnet fleet
Robust salmon prices turned an average harvest into an above-average season for Haines gillnetters. The surge in prices to their highest point in more than a decade is attributed to factors including the successful marketing of wild salmon and development of new salmon products, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and disease problems at fish […]