Gillnetters netted 120,000 hatchery chums during a three-day opening in Lynn Canal last week, as a record number of boats – 135 from all around Southeast – crowded the fishery. There were nearly three times as many boats in the local fishing district as there were in any other district, according to the Department of Fish and […]

Alaska Power and Telephone officials heard opposition and a battery of questions about the proposed Connelly Lake hydro-electric project at public meetings in Haines Tuesday and Wednesday. About 75 residents turned out. The meetings were to take comments on the utility’s draft study plan and on the type of process the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should use […]

Residents at a June 6 meeting in Haines said they were afraid the state was repeating mistakes of the past, including boosting fishermen elsewhere at the expense of the valley’s wild sockeye stocks. Concerns included missed escapements at Chilkat Lake in recent years and relatively low numbers at Chilkoot Lake. The meeting, called by Haines Borough officials, included […]

Members of the upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee to the state boards of fish and wildlife on Friday elected seated members Randy Jackson and Tim McDonough. The committee also chose officers, including McDonough as chair, Jackson as vice-chair and Al Gilliam as secretary. The group expressed concerns about planning for a bear-viewing platform along Chilkoot River and […]

Residents and visitors are welcome at the 5th annual Lynn Canal Gillnetters’ Community Free King Salmon Barbecue 6 p.m. Saturday, June 16 at the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds. Event sponsors include Ocean Beauty Seafood and Excursion Inlet Packing, which donate more than 800 pounds of wild Alaska king salmon for the event. “The reason for this event […]

Upper Lynn Canal birders identified 77 species in the annual “Birdathon” that ran April 29 to May 5. Participants were to observe and identify as many different species of birds as possible in a consecutive, 24-hour period, covering the Chilkat, Chilkoot and Ferebee watersheds from the Canadian border to Seduction Point. Pam Randles, education coordinator for Takshanuk […]

By Tom Morphet Facing a room full of advocates for local non-profit organizations, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday backed away from a manager’s recommendation to reduce by 50 percent the municipality’s contributions to community organizations. It appears instead the borough’s total contributions may hold steady to last year’s amount, roughly $155,000. Sixteen groups requested $180,118 this year. […]