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Sealaska Lands bills head to full House committee

...would transfer approximately 3,380 acres of the Tongass National Forest to partially fulfill the remaining land entitlement...Protection Act" and would grant 70,000 acres of the Tongass National Forest to the to the regional Native corporation...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-16/sealaska-lands-bills-head-full-house-co
Local
Neary named new director of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center

...and Tracy Arm Fords Terror Wilderness within the Tongass National Forest. Neary, who took over the post earlier this...authenticity. "We must retain the fact that we are the Tongass National Forest," he said. "(The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-16/neary-named-new-director-mendenhall-
Outdoors
USFS hosts International Migratory Bird Day celebration Saturday

JUNEAU - The Tongass National Forest will host International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) activities...activities will mark more than 15 years of participation by the Tongass National Forest.Morning events will be held at Juneau Community Garden...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-05-10/usfs-hosts-international-migratory-b
Outdoors
Alaska governor refuses federal repayment demand

...Tongass," he said in the letter. Sequester is the term used to describe the mandatory federal budget cuts. The Tongass National, Forest, in southeast Alaska, is the nation's largest."I stand ready to discuss solutions to allow our forests...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-03/alaska-governor-refuses-federal-repayme
State
UAS Sitka offers Natural History Seminar Series talk on April 28

...D'Amore is working on a variety of soils research, including carbon movement from soils to aquatic systems in the Tongass National Forest. Riparian zones are riverbank areas, where the land and its vegetation connect with rivers and streams. Trees...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-26/uas-sitka-offers-natural-history-sem
Outdoors
Tongass official explains importance of wild salmon

The Tongass National Forest is a globally significant source of wild salmon and efforts...There is the argument to be made that, you know, maybe (the Tongass National Forest) should be locked up as a salmon sanctuary, or at a minimum...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-04/tongass-official-explains-importance-wi
State
Judge rejects Alaska's challenge to roadless rule in Tongass

...restricts road construction in national forest areas without roads.The Bush administration in 2003 exempted the vast Tongass National Forest, the nation's largest at nearly 26,563 square miles on Alaska's Panhandle. A federal judge in March 2011...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-26/judge-rejects-alaskas-challenge-roadles
State
Murkowski talks sequestration, partisanship

...third of the state's budget comes from the federal government. And federal lands predominate in the form of the Tongass National Forest here in Southeast Alaska.And Alaska is home to substantial military installations around the state. These federal...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-02-25/murkowski-talks-sequestration-partisans
Local
USFS supports logging of Dargon Point young-growth stand

...As part of a plan to transition from old-growth to young-growth harvest, the U.S. Forest Service's Tongass National Forest is offering young-growth sales as they become available, according to a recent release from the USFS. The...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-03-08/usfs-supports-logging-dargon-point-y
Outdoors
Fly Fishing film fest features Tongass conservation message

...proceeds go to the continuing effort to conserve high-quality salmon and trout spawning and rearing habitat in the Tongass National Forest.IF4 consists of short and feature length films produced by professional and amateur filmmakers from all corners...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-03-22/fly-fishing-film-fest-features-tonga
Outdoors

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