Earl Stewart will take over as Tongass forest supervisor in May. He’s moving up from Arizona, where he’s in charge of the Coconino National Forest.
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Tongass chief ends 40-year Forest Service career
The man at the top of the Tongass is leaving soon. Forrest Cole will retire this spring after four decades with the U.S. Forest Service.
New Sealaska logging sites near earlier cuts
Sealaska says it will begin logging its new lands later this year. The first two parcels to be cut will be on Prince of Wales Island and the Cleveland Peninsula.
Top Tongass officials stepping down soon
Forest Supervisor Forrest Cole plans to retire in April and his deputy Tricia O’Connor is taking a new job in Wyoming.
Forest Service: Transition means fewer unmilled logs
About half of the timber cut in the Tongass National Forest is shipped in the round. When all that unmilled timber leaves the region, potential jobs leave with it.
More Big Thorne timber sales announced
Conservationists say the area where the sales are planned needs protection.