The U.S. Forest Service has completed assessment reports on over 20 topics that will inform how the Tongass National Forest ...

Tourism, Alaska’s other major revenue stream, is also expected to be harmed by cuts to National Park and National Forest employees, according to Hart. Labor reductions in the parks and forests mean ...

Update, 12:15 p.m. Thursday: A portion of the face of the Mendenhall Glacier collapsed into Mendenhall Lake on Thursday, prompting a further warning from the U.S. Forest Service about unsafe ...

The authors of a new biography of the Tongass National Forest are seeking reviewers and fact-checkers. Be warned it’s a rather long, complex and arguably contradictory read. It speaks of desires ...

Alaska's Crown Jewel 9 million acres, making it the largest national forest in the United States. This majestic forest is ...

Removing forest protections will have staggering consequences for their culture and food security. The Tongass is a champion at absorbing greenhouse gas emissions. Cherished as a crown jewel of the ...

The coalition, represented by Earthjustice and the Natural Resources Defense Council, is intervening to prevent industrial logging and damaging roadbuilding on more than 9 million mostly undeveloped ...

Stretching across nearly 17 million acres, the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska is the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world. In 2001, President Bill Clinton signed the ...

Indigenous tribes in Alaska are fighting to protect the US' largest national forest In Alaska, the Tongass National Forest is home to three different tribes, including the Tlingit people.

A team of researchers in Alaska have banded together to investigate a famous Alaska shipwreck. The Star of Bengal sank off ...

The decision to again lift limits on roadless-area development sets up a rematch over the Tongass National Forest. President Donald Trump’s decision on his first day in office to lift logging ...

The U.S. Forest Service’s “Sustainability and Climate” webpage is gone, as are the news sections for the homepages of Alaska’s National Forests and the Tongass National Forest. Likewise ...