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Timber
Whale Pass residents seek last-minute halt to state timber sale near town
The sale’s boundaries push up against homes and would leave the surrounding hillside clear-cut.
Forest Service proposes young growth timber sale near Thorne Bay
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing the harvest of up to nine square miles of young growth timber on Prince of Wales Island. It’s part of a years-long transition away from old growth logging in the Tongass National Forest — and some in the timber industry worry they’ll be left behind. One of the project’s…
Final projects selected in $25M program for sustainable development in Southeast Alaska
About half of the funding will be managed by tribal and Indigenous organizations, for purposes that include arts and cultural support, enhancement of food security and support for cultural use of forest products.
Stream restoration near Petersburg aims to improve fish habitat
The goal is to mimic natural processes to bring back topsoil and improve fish habitats.
Forest Service seeks to restore logged area on Admiralty Island
Cube Cove is on the northwest side of Admiralty Island. The area was heavily logged – mostly by clear cut – in the 1980s and 90s.