Photos: Leisnoi's Chiniak logging operation

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Leisnoi, Inc. has been commercially logging their land near the town of Chiniak on Kodiak Island for four years.

A Kodiak Island logging operation that has been underway for more than four years is now facing opposition from nearby homeowners, who are tired of the noise, the traffic and the unsightly aftermath of clear-cutting and are concerned that further timber harvests could follow.

A group of residents of Chiniak -- a small community about 40 miles southeast of the city of Kodiak -- is trying to stop commercial clear-cut logging that has been going on in their area since 2010 on land owned by Leisnoi Inc., an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act village corporation. While Leisnoi's timber harvest is nearing its end, some Chiniak residents worry it could spill over to nearby Kodiak Island Borough and state lands.

Leisnoi said it plans to use the proceeds from the logging, estimated to be a few million dollars, to secure its future. Chiniak residents claim the clear-cutting is ruining their quality of life, destroying the landscape and endangering the area's fish and wildlife.

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