...roads and thinning second-growth trees. "We have a long-standing relationship," said Dennis Neill, Tongass National Forest spokesman. The Nature Conservancy has worked with Alaska national forests on prescribed burns and land purchases...
...take floatplanes to view "areas decimated by logging." Hwa said she wasn't sure where those areas are. Tongass National Forest spokesman Dennis Neill said the U.S. Forest Service hasn't done much logging around Juneau. "It's intriguing...
...to shore, Sainz was apparently caught in the current and is believed to have gone over the falls, said Tongass National Forest spokesman Kent Cummins. Searchers found a raincoat and another item of clothing at the bottom of the waterfall, which...
...the Tongass," said SEACC conservation director Buck Lindekugel in a prepared statement. Kent Cummins, a Tongass National Forest spokesman, said the Threemile project could generate up to 86 jobs. "This sustainable timber harvest project will...
...Gravina. The project calls for timber harvest on 1,800 acres near Ketchikan and up to 21 miles of new road. Tongass National Forest spokesman Kent Cummins said the move to temporarily withdraw the record of decision document doesn't mean the Forest...
The U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday it is lifting the decades-old requirement that national forests, such as the Tongass, conduct detailed and lengthy environmental reviews of their land management plans.
...inadequate, said Buck Lindekugel, SEACC staff attorney, citing a letter from NMFS to the Forest Service. Tongass National Forest spokesman Dennis Neill said SEACC "has every right to seek legal redress if they disagree with what we are doing...
...There are no threatened or endangered species on our forest after 100 years of our management," responded Tongass National Forest spokesman Dennis Neill. "If we had done a terrible job, there wouldn't be a wonderful forest. In terms of logging...
...areas, of which about 300,000 acres are available for timber harvest, according to the Forest Service. Tongass National Forest spokesman Dennis Neill said the forest plan keeps most Tongass roadless areas unmodified. Forest Service management...
...information before awarding a road construction project of about 8 miles leading to a timber sale at Thorne Arm. Tongass National Forest spokesman Phil Sammon says the government will respond to the lawsuit within the required time. However, he says...
Juneau Empire ©2011. All Rights Reserved.