News from Haines, Alaska
NWS Juneau issued a Special Weather Statement Monday for Haines Borough and Klukwan after the Klehini River hit 86.9 feet and flow rates topped 6,000 KCFS. The statement runs until 8 PM, but high-elevation snowpack will keep flows elevated beyond it.

Alaska's Division of Forestry and Fire Protection is proposing to allow timber sales in wildlife habitat and recreation areas of the 260,000-acre Haines State Forest, reversing a 2002 policy ban, with public comment due June 5.

Alaska's Division of Forestry proposes opening all 286,000 acres of Haines State Forest to timber sales to enable carbon-offset projects, despite 78 percent opposition from a local survey.

Alaska's Division of Forestry released a draft plan allowing timber harvest in Haines State Forest wildlife habitat and recreation areas for the first time since 2002, with public comments due by June 5.
