Brad Schulze states that my letter in the CVN somehow “…pretends that the current push to reclassify the Chilkat River has nothing to do with the Palmer Project.” In fact, the Tier 3 proposal (which came from Chilkat Indian Village, not from me or Lynn Canal Conservation) seems appropriately focused on protecting the Chilkat and our economy (fishing, tourism) […]
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State will answer questions on “Tier 3”
In an effort to put rumors to rest and increase understanding, a representative from the Department of Environmental Conservation will answer questions about Tier 3 waters and related legislation beginning 6 p.m. Monday at the Chilkat Center. Increasing interest and controversy surrounding the Chilkat Indian Village’s nomination of the Chilkat River as a Tier 3 water, also […]
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Advisory committee debates river designation
In an effort to put rumors to rest and increase understanding, a representative from the Department of Environmental Conservation will answer questions about Tier 3 waters and related legislation beginning 6 p.m. Monday at the Chilkat Center. Increasing interest and controversy surrounding the Chilkat Indian Village’s nomination of the Chilkat River as a Tier 3 water, also […]
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Sex quiz required before goat hunt
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will require mountain goat hunters in the Upper Lynn Canal to take a 25-question quiz in an effort to cut down on the harvest of female goats. Big game guide Al Gilliam recently brought the issue before the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee. He was alarmed by how the […]
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Constantine urges delay on ‘Tier 3’ river protection
Constantine Metal Resources is urging members of the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee to delay any support toward designating the Chilkat River an Outstanding National Resource Water, also known as “Tier 3” protection. The advisory committee will meet at 5 p.m. Friday in assembly chambers to discuss a resolution supporting the Chilkat River’s nomination as an […]
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‘House’ a portrait of 1930’s Spain
Director Tod Sebens insists that he didn’t choose the material for his latest production as much as it chose him. Sebens stumbled across “The House of Bernarda Alba” in a collection of plays he picked up from a second-hand store in Gustavus this past summer. “After I read it I had some doubts because it […]
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Missing plane complicates crash investigation
The federal investigation into the Nov. 4 crash of a private plane in Lynn Canal will be made more difficult by the fact that the plane was never found. Mike Mackowiak of Haines was flying the Cessna 180 that went down on a Haines-bound flight from Juneau with Mackowiak’s wife Martha, son Nik and friend Victoria Hansen […]
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Push for Tier 3 river rank is disturbing
I find the continued efforts to give the Chilkat River a Tier 3 designation disturbing on many levels. This idea has been brought to various boards and committees and otherwise discussed and it has been voted down every time. I think it is clear that most Haines residents are against or at least very concerned about what this would […]
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Crowd questions, advises ferry chief
Haines residents packed the assembly chambers and offered a range of suggestions for changes to the Alaska Marine Highway System at a meeting the system hosted in Haines last month. Ferry system head Mike Nuessl led the four-hour meeting providing a detailed overview of the system. More than 40 residents attended. Some residents criticized a […]
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Committee acted without knowledge
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee passed a resolution of support for Outstanding Natural Resource Water status for the Chilkat River and all its tributaries put forth by Klukwan without knowing what all of it entails, except for the word of Gershon Cohen. The members of the committee didn’t know what was in the resolution. I suggested that […]