Tessa Axelson will be taking over the role from Owen Graham, who led the organization for close to 20 years.
"Alaska Forest Association"
State gives timber industry group $1.3M in federal money to work with US Forest Service
The location of some of the work has been hotly debated, because it’s happening on Prince of Wales Island land that’s slated for a controversial timber sale.
Dunleavy defends the use of a federal grant used for Roadless Rule decision
The state of Alaska used more than $200,000 of that federal grant money, typically designated for fire prevention, to pay an industry group for more perspective on economic timber sales.
Why was fire prevention funding used on the Roadless Rule process in Alaska? Congress members want to know.
Two Congress members want to know why a grant, typically used to prevent wildfires, was given to the state of Alaska to work on this.
A new inventory of old growth trees could be coming. Will it be too late?
The Trump Administration is seeking a full exemption from the Roadless Rule in the Tongass National Forest. But one logging company says the industry is facing another challenge: Chinese tariffs.
Faced with an important decision on the Tongass, why is the federal government supporting Alaska’s timber industry?
A timber group was paid more than $200,000 out of a federal grant to provide more industry perspective on a potential Roadless Rule exemption for Alaska.
Despite the shutdown, it’s been a dizzying week for a Southeast Alaska timber sale
On Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service notified objectors of a proposed timber sale about a public meeting in Klawock. By Thursday, the meeting was canceled. But some groups are wondering why this work is happening now at all.
Is there something for everyone in a new vision for Tongass roads?
Eventually, it will be up to the U.S. Forest Service to choose one of four options, which represent a spectrum of ideas about how the Tongass should be managed.
A plea to DC: Save the Tongass plan
Congress recently learned it has the power to overturn the amended Tongass Land Management Plan, a document that was years in the making. A Juneau business owner flew to Washington, D.C., with a message for the Alaska Congressional delegation: “don’t.”
Congress could decide fate of Tongass plan to move away from old-growth timber
Conservationists and timber industry groups thought the Forest Service’s decision was finalized last year. But now Congress has a chance to weigh in.