Takshanuk Watershed Council announced Monday it is backing out of a wetland mitigation project at the 26 Mile Pond, but State Parks southeast area superintendent Preston Kroes said the state still supports the initiative.
About 30 Haines residents said they were unhappy with the proposed work at an Aug. 8 meeting at Mosquito Lake School and Community Center.
The 8-acre borrow-pit pond near the Klehini River Bridge was isolated from the Klehini River in 1969…
