Local photographer Tom Ganner says Speedy was the Chilkoot’s star attraction, and raising her cubs on the Chilkoot allowed many people to see bear families interact.
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Haines birders take part in 119-year-old Christmas bird count
If there’s a partridge in a pear tree, birders in Haines will count it. The Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count–a conservationist twist on traditional Christmas hunts–may be the longest running citizen science project in the nation. According to Audbon, Alaskans have participated in the count since before statehood.