DNR to treat lightly on forest, preserve plans

Revisions to management plans for the Haines State Forest and Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve should take less than a year, and probably won’t lead to any major changes in land or resource use in either.

Department of Natural Resources planning Chief Bruce Phelps told the Haines Chamber of Commerce last week that DNR will take a light-handed approach to updating the plans. “We want to keep the basic agreements in place. We will need…