The Importance of the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve IBA to Migratory Birds
One small study area in Southeast Alaska shocked the Audubon Science Division: The Chilkat Valley is a major migration passage for many Alaska birds. Not many places on the planet look like Jilkáat
‘The Buffet Is Open’: The Hooligan, and Spring, Return to Haines
Each spring, the return of hooligan — also known as eulachon or saak in Tlingit — signals a seasonal shift in the Chilkat Valley. These small, nutrient-rich fish have sustained the Chilkoot and Chilkat
Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
Driving north on the Haines Highway you will be entering the 48,000 acres of the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve starting at 8 mile and continuing to 31 mile.
Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
The annual Alaska Bald Eagle Festival takes place in November and is a birder's paradise event in Haines. November is the peak time of the largest congregation of eagles in the world for the late run of chum and coho salmon, some 2,000 to...
