Larger expanses of old growth survive in Alaska, such as within the Tongass National Forest. There’s wide consensus on the importance of preserving them — both symbolically as marvels of ...

After joining the Biden administration's push for younger-growth harvests, an Alaska timber association is asking the Forest ...

The rule recognizes that Southeast Alaska’s future depends on sustainable uses of the forest. It’s intended to prevent large-scale industrial logging like clear cutting and to conserve the region’s ...

“This lawsuit is a direct response to the outgoing administration’s attempt to open Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to a new round of devastating clearcuts in some of the most important remaining old ...

A designated wilderness area in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest ... and as part of an old-growth forest, it absorbs atmospheric carbon, making it a buffer against climate change ...

Reversing the Roadless Rule on the Tongass risks dragging us back to the destructive days of clearcut logging, and it’s simply not what most Alaskans want right now.