A recent memorandum of understanding that allows the state Division of Forestry to develop timber sales for the University of Alaska on Haines State Forest land won’t change much about the amount of logging here, forester Greg Palmieri said this week.
The agreement applies to 1,800 acres of commercial forest land, mostly in the Sunshine Mountain area, including along the Porcupine Road. Most of the locally-purchased sales from university land there are likely to be…