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A familiar range of comments about logging, fishing, tourism and tribal issues are being expressed in response to a draft “biography” of the Tongass National Forest, with the 45-day comment ...
Trees from the Tongass provide the music of the world, writes Sarah Dahlstrom-Lehnert in a commentary for the Alaska Beacon.
Removing forest protections will have staggering consequences for their culture and food security. The Tongass is a champion at absorbing greenhouse gas emissions. Cherished as a crown jewel of the ...
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The coalition, represented by Earthjustice and the Natural Resources Defense Council, is intervening to prevent industrial logging and damaging roadbuilding on more than 9 million mostly undeveloped ...
But Alexandra Pierce, tourism manager for the City and Borough of Juneau, said that as of now she still expects the total ...
Our family sawmill helps create long-life wood products while providing year-round employment in an area with limited job opportunities.
At nearly 17 million acres, the Tongass is the country’s biggest national forest, as well as one of the planet’s relatively few intact temperate rainforests. It’s also one the most prominent ...
During the 1950s, the U.S. government sought to boost southeast Alaska's economy through a program of intense logging within the Tongass National Forest. Wood from large timber operations supplied ...