Human noise pushes Alaska predators toward night foraging, altering salmon nutrient pathways

The age-old question asks, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" While ...
Yahoo

US to end large, old-growth timber sales in Alaska forest

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 ...

National Forest Foundation and USDA Forest Service Celebrate Opening of Sítʼ Yá Hítʼ, a new public use cabin, on the Tongass National Forest

The National Forest Foundation (NFF), the USDA Forest Service (USFS), and Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) celebrated the grand opening of Sítʼ Yá ...
Juneau Empire

In new challenges to Alaska forest’s ‘Roadless Rule,’ pro-logging arguments have disappeared

The state of Alaska, a coalition of business groups and a pair of electric-power organizations have opened a new round in the generation-long fight over environmental protections in Southeast Alaska’s ...
Mother Jones

Trump Wants to Log an Enormous Alaska Forest. These Native Women Traveled 3,000 Miles to Stop It.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “If we had dressed in office clothing to meet the standards of DC,” says Wanda Culp, ...
Yahoo

Alaska Forest Service facility slated for closure amid federal restructuring

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The entrance to the Anchorage Forestry Science Laboratory is seen on April 2, 2026. The lab serves state agencies, Native ...
Seattle Times

Alaska’s old-growth forests are our climate-change insurance policy

The Tongass National Forest in Alaska, the crown jewel of our national forest system, is facing an unprecedented threat. At the end of last year, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced two ...
CNN

Biden administration restores protections for Alaska’s Tongass forest

The Biden administration has restored protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, sometimes called, “America’s Amazon.” The new protections, ...