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Two brown bear cubs accented with fall fireweed wandering the bank of the Chilkoot River while mom fishes. (Harvey Hergett/USDA Forest Service)
Posted inHaines Borough, Local News

Questions raised about new Chilkoot-area tour permits

Will Steinfeld - Chilkat Valley News by Will Steinfeld - Chilkat Valley News March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

Up to three new tours may be operating in the Chilkoot Lake area this summer, renewing questions about how to manage people and bears in the popular tourism zone. Two of the new tours – including the one already approved – propose operating only up to the park boundary, which tour operators say poses less […]

Posted inLocal News, Wildlife, Haines Borough

New signs warn people away from borough land along the Chilkoot corridor

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News October 17, 2024October 17, 2024
A brown bear munches on a dandelion snack on May 27, 2024 near mile 17 of the Haines Highway. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
Posted inLocal News, Wildlife

State closes brown bear hunt in Haines area 

Chilkat Valley News by Chilkat Valley News October 17, 2024November 17, 2024

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