Haines will be getting a new Alaska Wildlife Trooper no later than May 1, Major Bernard Chastain said this week.
Wildlife trooper Trent Chwialkowski was awarded the bid for the position this week, Chastain said. Chwialkowski is transferring from Anchor Point, where he has worked since August 2010.
The Haines position has been vacant since June.
Haines’s prospects for getting a new wildlife trooper weren’t looking good several months ago when Department of Public Safety…