Trust takes first step toward logging Ketchikan’s iconic Deer Mountain

A springtime view of Deer Mountain. (File photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD )
The Alaska Mental Health Trust took its first step toward logging Ketchikan’s iconic Deer Mountain, along with a parcel in Petersburg.
During a Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday morning, the board agreed with staff recommendations to move forward with plans to negotiate timber sales for both parcels by Jan. 15th, unless Congress approves a bill trading that land for selected U.S. Forest Service land.
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