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Haines grapples with invasive sweetclover after highway upgrade project

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By Avery Ellfeldt Verified
| Alaska Public Media Verified
The Haines Highway is replete with wildlife, dramatic peaks and braided rivers. But stretches of the international roadway have recently been overcome by something else: an infestation of an invasive species known as white sweetclover. Conservation groups say its spread stems from a major highway project and could damage the local ecosystem. “They can be harmful to the soil and other plants that are trying to live here.
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High PSP toxin levels mean it’s ‘not a good time’ to harvest shellfish in parts of Southeast Alaska

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By Avery Ellfeldt Verified
| KTOO Public Media (Juneau, AK) Verified
Liam Wirak Cassidy, who collects samples to track paralytic shellfish toxins for the Chilkoot Indian Association, participating in a beach cleanup in spring 2025. Samples collected this month show that high levels of harmful toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning are again present in the waters around Southeast Alaska. That includes Haines, for the third year in a row.
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High PSP toxin levels mean it's 'not a good time’ to harvest shellfish in parts of Southeast Alaska

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By Avery Ellfeldt Verified
| Alaska Public Media Verified
Samples collected this month show that high levels of harmful toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning are again present in the waters around Southeast Alaska. That includes Haines, for the third year in a row. The Chilkoot Indian Association collects the samples as part of a broader effort by more than a dozen tribes across the region to track paralytic shellfish toxins and warn local harvesters when needed.
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