About a dozen timber operators and sawyers made their case for keeping open a state Division of Forestry office in Haines Tuesday, including questioning why a forester position based in Juneau – where there is no state forest – couldn’t be relocated to Haines.
The Haines State Forest covers 260,000 acres.
“What does Juneau do that can’t be done here?” asked Sylvia Heinz, whose family recently launched a small milling operation.
State forester Chris Maisch…