The state last week released a five-year management schedule for the Haines State Forest that includes more than a dozen timber sales and plans to develop recreational trails and cabins.
The biggest sales would be for harvests of about 20 million and 15 million board feet of timber on Chilkat Ridge, east of Chilkat Lake, slated for 2024 and 2026, respectively. Those sales, and all that are larger than 10 acres, will be subject to…