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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Players to poke fun at Alaska Purchase
Do you wish you could have shared a meal with President Andrew Johnson, or toasted William H. Seward, the U.S. Secretary of State who arranged the purchase of Alaska? Haines residents have a chance to dine in style with the bigwigs of the past at “Dinner at the White House with the Russians, 1867” next […]
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Without mills, no market for timber sale
Boy, is Eric Holle out of touch with reality. The picture in Lynn Canal Conservation’s March 16 ad of a log ship loaded with unprocessed logs for export is actually a Canadian power barge about to unload pulp logs to be processed into rayon and paper at the Ketchikan pulp mill. The two pulp mills in Southeast […]
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Timber sales cost more than return
In your article regarding restored funding for the local forestry office, you quote my letter to state Reps. Parish and Ortiz, in which I state that if funding is provided, it should be directed toward small timber sales, increased recreational opportunities, wildfire suppression, and other forest activities that provide for local needs and that support […]
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Veteran actors team up in classic Neil Simon comedy
After years of producing “drama-dies” for Lynn Canal Community Players, director Tod Sebens decided it was time for a full-on comedy. Plus, Sebens figured he had the talent. Three veterans of the local stage – Madeline Witek, Tara Bicknell and Margaret Sebens – will join newcomer Tony Habra in presenting Neil Simon’s “Last of the Red-Hot Lovers” […]
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Forester job clears initial hurdlle
The state House of Representatives Finance Committee approved an amendment last week that could lead to funding for a nine-month forester position in Haines. State Rep. Justin Parish, D-Juneau, first proposed the amendment in a natural resources subcommittee to provide $107,000 from the general fund for a local forester. Haines lobbyist Bill Thomas said Rep. Dan Ortiz, […]
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Plumbing the literary depths of ice-fishing
I wasn’t born a fisherman, but in Alaska it’s easy to become one. I drove up to Mosquito Lake Saturday to join an ice-fishing outing organized by the state Department of Fish and Game. Sport fish biologist Rich Chapell had pre-drilled six holes in the lake and I wandered off to one of them after […]
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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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Two plays in March: ‘Compass,’ ‘Lovers’
March is a busy month for theater at the Chilkat Center. Two plays – a locally written, “grounded” musical fairy tale and a modern comedy – will be staged. Hannah Bochart’s “Rusty Compass, Dusty Rose” will be performed March 17-18 and Lynn Canal Community Players’ production of Neil Simon’s “Last of the Red-Hot Lovers” is set for […]
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Meeting seeks interest in Toastmaster’s
Two meetings set for Wednesday, March 8 will discuss the possibility of launching a local Toastmaster’s Club in Haines. Toastmaster’s is a nonprofit, educational group aimed at helping people improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills, according to the organization’s website. Its clubs operate worldwide. Chamber of Commerce executive president Debra Schnabel is spearheading the local […]