One guitar company is asking the feds and music insiders to reconsider clear cut logging in the Tongass National Forest.
Timber
Frozen spruce make for extra dangerous woodcutting
A Kodiak Island Borough Assemblyman discussed the dangers of sawing frozen spruce during Kodiak’s most recent cold snap.
Too fast or too slow? 16-year phaseout of Tongass old-growth logging begins in 2017
At the end of the 16-year transition, only 5 million feet of old growth will be provided for small sales and specialty products.
Forest Service announces final decision on Tongass old-growth logging phaseout
The amendment to phase out old-growth logging has been in the works since 2014. It takes effect in 30 days.
Alaska fire crews battling blazes in Southeast U.S.
Dozens of Alaska firefighters are battling blazes in the Lower 48, including deadly Tennessee fires that have destroyed or damaged hundreds of buildings.
Wildfires still burn in Tennessee as death toll rises to at least 4
Eight new blazes raged Wednesday near Gatlinburg, Tenn., where fire has already destroyed more than 150 structures and injured dozens of people. “There were rivers of fire,” said a resident who fled.
Trump, Congress and Southeast timber, what are the possibilities?
The Tongass forest plan amendment can still be changed by the incoming president and Congress.
Largest Haines State Forest timber sale in a generation goes out to bid
The largest timber sale in the Haines State Forest in at least 20 years is out to bid. The State Department of Natural Resources is offering the 855-acre Baby Brown timber sale for a minimum price of $250,000. A local conservation group worries the extensive logging project could harm wildlife and tourism.
Alaska Mental Health Trust delays Deer Mountain logging vote
Alaska Mental Health Trust’s board of trustees voted Thursday in Anchorage to reconsider an August decision to potentially move forward with logging Deer Mountain and a section of land above homes in Petersburg, and then the board delayed a final decision until the end of January.
Wood energy grants again offered in Alaska
The U.S. Forest Service grants have helped design boilers and plan wood-pellet mills in Southeast and Interior Alaska communities.