Chilkat Valley News - Serving Haines and Klukwan, Alaska since 1966

An informational meeting on the local subsistence moose hunt will be held 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 at the American Bald Eagle Foundation.

Agenda items include a showing of the “Is This Moose Legal?” video, discussion of antler configurations, discussion of the brochure “Moose Hunting in Antler Restricted Areas – Southeast Alaska,” and data from local moose populations surveys.

The hunt, open to Alaska residents, starts Sept. 15. Some 199 hunters participated in last year’s hunt, harvesting 22 legal bulls.

For more information, call 907-465-4265 or 866-302-4263.