The Trump administration says it'll again seek to harvest more than 4,000 acres of old-growth in the Tongass National Forest.

As a daughter and niece of sawmill owners, I disagree with Kate Glover’s article dated March 12, “Southeast Alaskans want sustainable economies, not extractive industry, within the Tongass National ...

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 ...

The log storage facility would be located in Haines' Lutak Inlet, pictured above in August 2025. A company under contract for a major timber sale in Haines is trying again to secure a permit to store ...

Ten members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources are visiting Southeast and Southcentral Alaska, including addressing the annual conference of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association Ten ...

Jackson said timber sales were once offered in Southeast Alaska, including Kake, which is on the northwest coast of Kupreanof Island. “Nobody touched it,” he said. “The reason why they didn’t touch it ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration ...

Members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resoures talk with reporters at Juneau International Airport on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) Ten members of the U.S.

“Threads of the Tongass” is an ongoing series that explores how lives in Southeast Alaska are interwoven with the Tongass National Forest during a time of vast political, cultural and environmental ...