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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LCC doesn’t take up recreation issues
Scott Sundberg’s letter on Feb. 16 strongly implies Lynn Canal Conservation involvement in the Parks and Recreation meeting involving winter recreation. In fact, we do not deal with recreation issues. Our focus is on protecting fish and wildlife populations and their habitats from potential harm caused by: 1) the very predictable acid mine drainage from the proposed […]
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Make committee more well-rounded
In the borough code, conflict of interest is defined as someone who would gain financially or have a special interest in a particular topic. In regards to the Parks and Recreation Committee, four of the standing five are Lynn Canal Conservation members. By adding George Figdor to the board, it would be five. It seems that since Lynn […]
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Crowd Rallies against recreation map plan
The future of mapping winter recreation sites in the Haines Borough was uncertain after more than 100 residents turned out Tuesday to criticize the effort. They expressed fear that mapping would lead to freezing them – and their motorized vehicles – out of areas they’ve traditionally used. Committee chair Rich Chapell wouldn’t speculate on the map’s future […]
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Committee proposes alternatives to heli-ski map group
The Haines Borough Assembly’s commerce committee weighed options for the future of the heliski Map Committee – including eliminating it all together – at its Jan. 19 meeting, and will bring those ideas to the full assembly. Assemblyman and Chilkat Valley News publisher Tom Morphet submitted a draft ordinance in November to eliminate the map committee and shift its […]
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Cheaper internet in the works
Alaska Power and Telephone customers will soon get faster Internet speeds and be able to transfer more data, thanks to the fiber optic line that runs from Juneau to Skagway and Haines. AP&T installed the 86-mile undersea cable last fall with the help from the HOS Silver Arrow. The Lynn Canal Fiber project had been in the […]
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Gov. Walker pulls plug on Juneau Road
Gov. Bill Walker cited the state fiscal crisis last week for his decision to halt the Juneau Access Road Project, making good on his promise to settle the issue during his term. An available $38 million – out of $48 million in the state general fund intended for the project – is now reauthorized to […]
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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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Largest timber sale in decades moves forward
An Oregon company may walk away the new owner of 855 acres of timber in the Haines State Forest. It’s the largest timber sale the state forest has seen in 20 years. The State Division of Forestry selected Astoria Forest Products, under Murphy Overseas USA Holdings, in a Dec. 15 auction as the only bidder […]
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Safety net frays with case manager decline
A year after state funding cuts caused Lynn Canal Counseling to fold into Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, another Haines nonprofit is stretched thin from the blowback. Margaret Sebens of Southeast Alaska Independent Living said her caseload has doubled since Lynn Canal Counseling merged with SEARHC in the fall of 2015. SAIL is seeing a big increase in referrals […]