A two decade effort to save Alaska’s oldest lighthouse on Eldred Rock is about to clear one of its greatest hurdles. This week, the Haines-founded Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association signed and returned a lease from the U.S. Coast Guard that, pending a review of the lease from the Coast Guard’s environmental branch, gives the association custody of Eldred Rock for five years.
In that time, their goal is to renovate the lighthouse and make…