(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) A pile of cut logs near Porcupine Road in the Haines State Forest on July 28, 2025 in the Chilkat Valley.

Has the state met its legal requirement to consult with local advisory boards while making changes to the Haines State Forest Management plan?

That’s a question the Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committeeraised last week and again Monday before sending a letter to the state’s Division of Forestry demanding that…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...