Map of parcels owned by the University of Alaska. The university sold land in Letnikof Estates. The timber sale is planned for parcels four miles south of Haines.

The University of Alaska’s Board of Regents last week approved a competitive timber sale on about 400 acres of land on the Chilkat Peninsula in response to local discussions on limiting resource extraction in the area.

For the past several months, the Haines Borough Planning Commission has…