An internal Forest Service report notes that 96% of public comments received on the issue this fall supported leaving the rule in place. Approximately 1% supported a full exemption.
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The U.S. Forest Service controls 22 million acres in Alaska, including most of Southeast. It’s...
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The state just sold timber from its Southeast Alaska forest to the region’s largest mill. It’s part of a multi-agency effort to keep the area’s logging industry alive. But some say it’s time to let it go.
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A Washington, D.C., environmental group is accusing the Tongass National Forest of breaking its own timber-sale rules.
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The U.S. Forest Service grants have helped design boilers and plan wood-pellet mills in Southeast and Interior Alaska communities.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a case that could have expanded logging in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. It’s the final step in one legal battle involving what’s called the Roadless Rule.
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Alaska U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline granted summary judgment Friday in favor of the defendants, and quite decidedly rejected every argument brought forward by the plaintiffs.
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A new report says the Forest Service is wasting millions of dollars by propping up a failing Southeast Alaska timber industry.
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