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

The State of Alaska is pausing a carbon credit initiative that had been projected to potentially generate over a hundred million dollars of revenue from the Haines State Forest. 

State forest timber has long generated revenue by being logged and sold. For the last three years, the state has pursued a program that would have done…

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