A sickly mountain goat put down by wildlife trooper Ricky Merritt this week will be sent for a necropsy. Assistant area wildlife biologist Anthony Crupi said the animal was weak and disoriented, with crusty scabs near its nose and mouth when it was put down near 7.5 Mile Haines Highway. “If you saw the way she looked, […]
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Miles accepted people
There is no doubt Dennis Miles was a redneck. He also accepted people for who they are, treated everyone fairly and used humor and salesmanship to win your friendship and your business. He took me snowmachining at the pass in the early 1990s after it was designated a park by the British Columbia government. There […]
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Spike in bear kills puts focus on hunt
The state Department of Fish and Game will be watching the spring brown bear harvest, as the number of kills has exceeded the state’s guideline harvest limit with more than half the season remaining. Through this week, 17 brown bears have been taken, including three killed in defense of life or property and three others taken illegally. […]
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Chilkat Center shined during show
Much has been written about our Chilkat Center Arts building. I know we need five million dollars worth of upgrades. Nonetheless, it’s a beautiful, historic building with excellent acoustics, so it sure was nice to see it shine during Lynn Canal Community Players Christmas Holly Jolly Follies show. Thanks to all the volunteers, staff and entertainers who have […]
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Assembly adopts rogue tour rule
The Haines Borough Assembly on Dec. 28 approved an ordinance that creates a waiting period for tour applicants with dodgy histories and rejected a tax- exempt request for a piece of land near Chilkoot Lake held by the American Bald Eagle Foundation. Mayor Jan Hill cast the tie-breaking vote to reject the exemption request, joining assembly members Greg Goodman, Steve Vick and Daymond Hoffman. […]
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Tahini defies king intercept idea
Kristine Harder and Terrance Pardee are correct in asserting that trawlers, gillnets, and fisheries mismanagement in general severely affect numbers of spawning king salmon. However, they miss the key point: daily ADF&G surveys from 1991 to the present indicate healthy and slightly increasing returns to the unlogged and unroaded Tahini River, and drastic declines to […]
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Why put king salmon at risk?
Having been a habitat biologist for ADF&G in the upper Lynn Canal and throughout Southeast Alaska over 10 years, I had the opportunity to review many logging sales and units. I also was quite familiar with the literature regarding the impacts on salmon streams from logging and roading operations in Southeast Alaska and elsewhere. It is an […]
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Five residents working at Kensington; jobs still available
About five Haines residents are among 178 working at the Kensington gold mine, according to Coeur Alaska spokesman Tony Ebersole. Most mine employees are from the Juneau area, Ebersole said. The total workforce will top out at about 200, he said. Positions currently advertised include administrative assistant, electrician, maintenance supervisor, safety coordinator, and geologist. Underground […]
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Logging, habitat not to blame for kings
The article concerning the alleged decline of king salmon stocks in the upper Chilkat systems was ironic. Their numbers have shown dramatic swings, up and down, over the years. Fishermen can quickly identify a good year or bad year for these fish, simply based on how much effort it takes to catch one of the […]
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Some salmon runs become extinct
Thanks to CVN for calling attention to the dire straits of Kelsall River king salmon. Lynn Canal Conservation has attempted to bring this issue to the attention of the Division of Forestry, commercial fishing interests, Haines Sportsman’s Association, and the public for nearly two decades. In 1998, Fish and Game’s Habitat Division requested a moratorium on timber […]