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The Forest Service is raising the entrance fee at the visitor center from $3 to $5 starting in May. Murkowski said the increase is reasonable, but was leery of plans to expand the fee area beyond the visitor center.

“What we’re hearing is that people would like to engage in some active hiking, biking, and lake and river activities, and also get a little further afield from the immediate visitor center,” says Jennifer Berger with the Forest Service.

A court decision allowing the Big Thorne timber sale will help speed changes in Tongass logging. But opponents say it will damage other Southeast Alaska industries.

A devastating landslide near Sitka last year has produced an interesting discovery — evidence of early human occupation.

The year in news in Southeast Alaska can be summed up by three topics: mining, timber and elections.

A new report says the Forest Service is wasting millions of dollars by propping up a failing Southeast Alaska timber industry.

As conservationists celebrate 50 years since the passage of the Wilderness Act, a U.S. Forest Service proposal to make certain wilderness area regulations permanent has brought forth accusations that the agency is infringing on First Amendment rights.

The U.S. Forest Service announced the removal of 10 cabins in Tongass National Forest this month.

A regional committee tasked with advising the U.S. Forest Service on how to manage logging in the Tongass begins three days of meetings in Juneau today.