After eight months on the job, Haines Park Ranger Tom Kain resigned his position last week.

Mike Eberhardt, Southeast parks superintendent and Kain’s boss, said Kain will stay on the job through May 29.

“Our hope is to have very little gap between Tom’s departure and the new ranger’s arrival, but (we) cannot predict how the hiring process will proceed,” Eberhardt said.

Kain said in an interview he resigned because he voluntarily dropped out of…