Tourism

The change applies only to large cruise ships and will equate to millions of dollars in additional city revenue.

The heavily trafficked attraction is operating with reduced staff after federal firings, but it has a higher volume of tourists — and bears — on the horizon.

The proposed initiative sought to impose a five-ship daily limit, cap the annual and daily number of cruise ship visitors and shorten the season.

Deferred repairs and maintenance of Eaglecrest’s aging infrastructure have built up over decades of use. Officials say it’s reaching a tipping point.

Juneau is a refuge for humpback whale moms and their calves, but the sheer number of whale watching boats may be harming them.

The project is in cooperation with Goldbelt Incorporated, a local Alaska Native corporation, which owns the land on and adjacent to where the study would occur.