WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday that it is ending large-scale, old-growth timber sales in the country's largest national forest — the Tongass National Forest in Alaska — and ...
PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, Alaska — Thousands of acres in southeast Alaska are ready for a second wave of logging, but is the timber industry ready to cut them? That’s the big question as the Forest ...
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Threads of the Tongass: Opinions split on whether there is a market for mass logging in Southeast
In the past, the federal government subsidized the Southeast Alaska timber industry. Joel Jackson, president of the Organized Village of Kake, said that would have to happen again for timber to become ...
The timber industry today accounts for only about one percent of Southeast Alaska’s jobs. The Wilderness Society cites analyses that suggest logging of roadless areas in the Tongass is not in the ...
For two decades, Alaska’s timber communities have suffered from failed policies in Washington. Time after time, we’ve seen successive administrations issue decisions and impose sweeping restrictions ...
The Republican senator wants more funding for new programs after the administration reinstated limits on timber harvesting in 2021. The Biden administration’s plan to help southeastern Alaska adjust ...
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