Haines Borough Manager Debra Schnabel recommended the borough assembly challenge the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ attempts to withhold a parcel of land the borough selected as part of a municipal land entitlement allotment from the state.
In a preliminary decision of land conveyance letter to the borough, DNR’s Southeast Regional Land Manager Benjamin White wrote that conveying William Henry Bay to the Haines Borough is “not in the best interest of the state.” The…