...appealed. In a decision issued Monday, Tongass National Forest Supervisor Forrest Cole approved the 16.4-million-board-foot timber sale about 40 air miles north of Ketchikan. The project calls for clearcutting and single-tree selective harvest...

...Council and five other conservation and Native groups are suing the Tongass National Forest to stop a 19.5 million-board-foot timber sale on northeast Kuiu Island. The Threemile timber sale is in a roadless area and is "a classic example of...

...ill-informed editorial left me with many questions. Among them are: Is the Empire advocating for the 78-million-board-foot timber sale at Port Houghton, which will no longer happen due in large part to opposition by Southeast Alaskans? Does...

...logging road needed to access a proposed 5.1 million-board foot timber sale area on Mitkof Island, approximately 15 miles...Ketchikan district's proposed Traitors Cove 16 million-board-foot timber sale, about 25 miles north of Ketchikan. The...

...District Judge James Singleton told the U.S. Forest Service this week that it cannot proceed with the 8 million-board-foot timber sale unless it prepares a more extensive environmental analysis. "We are very pleased with the court's decision...

...Mitkof sale JUNEAU - The U.S. Forest Service is temporarily withdrawing its November approval for a 4 million-board-foot timber sale on Mitkof Island, called the Overlook sale, Tongass National Forest officials said Wednesday. Petersburg...