Forested land on the western bank of the Lynn Canal near Haines, July 14, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

A bill pitched by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration as a “paradigm shift” for state forest timber harvest will not be fast-tracked through the legislature as the governor has requested.

The overall aim of the bill is to lease out state land to private entities for “active management” of forests — in other words, various amounts of…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.