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Nov 01 2018

The Viking Lumber mill is on Prince of Wales Island. A spokesman says it will close in 18 months due to a shortage of timber. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)

Feds propose Tongass old growth timber sale

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Economy, Environment, Southeast, Timber

This latest proposed Tongass timber sale on Prince of Wales Island would dwarf anything seen in decades. The public has until mid-December to weigh in on the U.S. Forest Service’s plan.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | November 1, 2018 9:59 am

Oct 16 2018

Petersburg assembly votes down timber resolution

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | Southeast, Timber

Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday voted down a resolution calling for a forensic audit of two Tongass National Forest timber sales. Back in May, the assembly also voted against sending a letter on lost revenue from the sales and the impact to Petersburg.

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | October 16, 2018 12:51 pm

Oct 08 2018

Roadless advocates pack Tongass hearing

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Federal Government, Outdoors, Southeast, Timber, Wildlife

Gov. Walker’s advisory panel is looking at where roads could be built inside the Tongass National Forest. But more than two dozen people testified at a hearing in Juneau against the idea.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | October 8, 2018 11:05 am

Oct 01 2018

This clear-cut in the Tongass National Forest on Kupreanof Island north of Petersburg is visible from the air in 2014.

Gov. Walker’s ‘roadless rule’ panel takes shape

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Southeast, Timber

Timber, fishing and mining interests have been tapped by Gov. Walker for an advisory panel over development in the Tongass National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service is eyeing an Alaska-specific rule that could relax road building and logging restrictions.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | October 1, 2018 11:59 pm

Sep 25 2018

Logging from the Big Thorne Timber Sale. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkin/Alaska's Energy Desk) 12/18/17

Chinese tariffs hit Southeast Alaska’s struggling timber industry

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Southeast, Timber

Tariffs will be placed on trees shipped to China: a response to President Donald Trump’s latest wave of tariffs on Chinese goods.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 25, 2018 3:32 pm

Sep 16 2018

the meeting was held at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Sept. 14, 2018. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/Alaska's Energy Desk)

Juneau crowd questions forest service on new roads in the Tongass

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Juneau, Southeast, Timber

The controversial initiative, which was announced in August, is up against a November deadline.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 16, 2018 9:43 am

Aug 22 2018

Yellowish hemlock trees are seen from an airplane in Southeast Alaska. The color comes from sawfly larva eating and killing some of the leaves. (Photo courtesy Elizabeth Graham)

Southeast Alaska’s forests yellow from insect outbreak

By Angela Denning, KFSK-Petersburg | Outdoors, Southeast, Timber, Wildlife

Some parts of the forests in Southeast Alaska are a little off color. Hemlock trees are turning yellow and brown from a sawfly outbreak. But scientists say there’s not much to worry about.

By Angela Denning, KFSK-Petersburg | August 22, 2018 8:13 am

Aug 21 2018

Forest fire burning north of Ketchikan road system

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD-Ketchikan | Outdoors, Public Safety, Southeast, Timber, Weather

U.S. Forest Service crews are fighting an approximately 2-acre forest fire, burning north of Ketchikan’s road system. The fire started about 4 p.m. Monday on state land in the Moser Bay area, Forest Service spokesman Paul Robbins Jr. said Tuesday morning.

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD-Ketchikan | August 21, 2018 1:13 pm

Jul 16 2018

Commercial firewood sales proposed for Mitkof Island forest land

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | Southeast, Timber

Personal use firewood cutting already is allowed. But commercial sale of that wood is something that local residents have sought on Mitkof.

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | July 16, 2018 2:02 pm

Jul 10 2018

The smoke plume of the Livingston Fire approximately 15 miles southwest of Fairbanks in the Rosie Creek area as seen from Mile 339 of the Parks Highway early Sunday evening, July 8, 2018.

State’s wildfire season ‘largely uneventful,’ according to officials

By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | 2 Alaska, Alaska's Energy Desk, Environment, Public Safety, Timber

The only structures that have burned in Alaska’s wildfire season this summer are a shed and an outhouse.

By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | July 10, 2018 7:53 pm

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Feds propose Tongass old growth timber sale

Petersburg assembly votes down timber resolution

Roadless advocates pack Tongass hearing

Gov. Walker’s ‘roadless rule’ panel takes shape

Chinese tariffs hit Southeast Alaska’s struggling timber industry

Juneau crowd questions forest service on new roads in the Tongass

Southeast Alaska’s forests yellow from insect outbreak

Forest fire burning north of Ketchikan road system

Commercial firewood sales proposed for Mitkof Island forest land

State’s wildfire season ‘largely uneventful,’ according to officials

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