U.S. Forest Service personnel have been visiting Southeast Alaska communities to understand how residents want the Tongass ...

Judge Gleason granted the defendants' motion to dismiss, and did so 'with prejudice,' meaning such a suit can never be brought again.

As part of its Tongass Forest Plan revision, the agency wants to delineate recreation areas according to commercial use to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snow-capped mountains are reflected in the water on May 9, 2022, in the Juneau District of the Tongass National Forest. (Photo by ...

In absence of federal meetings, nonprofits step up to hold public comment on Forest Service plan to lift protections from ...

Rolling back the Roadless Rule risks old-growth forests, local livelihoods and a way of life rooted in the land.

What has changed in Southeast Alaska over the last 27 years? This is one of the driving questions for the U.S. Forest Service as they revise the plan that shapes how the agency makes decisions on the ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski has been trying to privatize the Tongass for years. Her latest effort, the so-called “Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act,” S.1889/H.R ...

Wooden brdige in the hiking loop around Ward Lake, Tongass National Forest. “The Tongass National Forest makes up over 90 percent of Southeast Alaska,” says Peter Nave, owner and lead guide of Wild ...

A western black-headed budworm hangs from a silk thread. (Elizabeth Graham) Insect infestations began tearing through Southeast Alaska years ago, leaving behind scores of balding trees and annoyed ...

A view of the Tongass National Forest near the U.S. Forest Service’s Raven’s Roost Cabin on Mitkof Island. (Photo by Angela Denning/CoastAlaska) The Tongass National Forest is a 17 million-acre ...