Wrangell Sentinel -

The members of the Wrangell Economic Development Committee know they’re entitled to about 800 acres of land.

The next trick will be figuring out which land to select.

Discussion at the committee’s March 6 meeting focused around the land issue in general, a holdover issue stemming from the borough’s 2008 incorporation. The land is part of the borough allotment, originally set at about 200 acres, but increased to 800 acres after lobbying at the state legislature, said Economic Development Officer Carol Rushmore. Any land the borough doesn’t select from pre-approved non-federal land ar...