This time next month, the Haines Borough will be 0.1% larger. On Aug. 13, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) approved the conveyance of 2,196 acres of state land in Excursion Inlet and near the Lynn Islands to the borough.
The Aug. 13 decision pertains to a total of 3,902 acres, most of which the borough selected in 2010 when the state increased the borough’s land allotment. In addition to the 2,196 acres that…