Haines has gone a year without a full-time state parks ranger, and the wait for a new hire could continue through next summer.
Alaska State Parks didn’t receive an application from a “viable” candidate for the Haines area ranger position, Southeast area superintendent Preston Kroes told the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council last week.
The position has been vacant since Travis Russell left to become a Haines Police officer in November 2021.
The state…