I have lived in Haines since 1963, when logging was in its prime here. Timber is a renewable asset; trees grow back!
In 1990, I harvested trees on my property above two miles on Haines Highway, providing an area where the logs could be staged for grading and held until a Japanese log ship came to transport the logs to Japan, providing income to the borough for dock fees and longshoremen.
The dock also provided…
