Feds Set to Open 205,000 Acres Near Haines as Part of 28-Million-Acre Alaska Rollback

Federal officials are expected to lift development restrictions on roughly 205,000 acres near Haines in the coming weeks, a move tied to a much larger plan to open 28 million acres across Alaska to new development and land ownership. The change would strip away decades-old land-use protections covering about 14% of the Haines Borough, according to the Juneau Independent.