Why there won’t be significant logging in the Tongass - Alaska Beacon
May 14, 2025 · Those looking to resurrect industrial-scale logging in the Tongass are chasing an old dream that fails to recognize the current importance of tourism, which relies upon healthy forests and …
A logging loophole is clear-cutting the Tongass National Forest - Grist
Mar 28, 2022 · The Tongass has been the heart of the logging industry in Alaska for decades, starting in the 1950s with the arrival of pulp mills.
Forestry
The State of Alaska Division of Forestry manages forests for multiple uses and sustained yield of renewable resources on 20 million acres of state land. This includes the Tanana Valley State Forest, …
A Comprehensive Guide to Logging and Timber Harvesting …
Dec 4, 2024 · In Alaska, timber harvesting is regulated by a comprehensive set of guidelines designed to protect both the environment and the interests of local communities. These restrictions can vary …
Alaska Logging Pictures and History - Rusty Grapple
Collection of Historic Photographs and History of the Timber Industry in Alaska. Various Galleries and Items, Mostly Donated Collections.
Alaska's Tongass National Forest logging restrictions reinstated : NPR
Jan 25, 2023 · A federal agency said it is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. USDA's move repeals a Trump administration-era …
Alaska Forest Association
The Alaska Forest Association serves to sustain and improve the viability of the timber industry in Alaska. Its members share common objectives, and the activities of the AFA directly impact the …
Commercial timber harvest sites in Alaska were studied between 2016 and 2019 to estimate growing-stock removals, characterize current tree utilization, characterize logging operations, and assist with …
In new challenges to Alaska forest’s ‘Roadless Rule,’ pro-logging ...
Sep 20, 2023 · In the years since he first worked on the issue, Southeast Alaska’s logging industry has almost entirely vanished. A pulp mill in Ketchikan is now a cruise ship terminal; another in Sitka is...
Tenakee Logging Company
Specializing in selectively harvested Alaskan lumber. Welcome! We're a father and son-owned small milling company based in Tenakee Springs, Alaska devoted to environmentally sustainable harvesting.