These huge big-tree stands sustain wildlife and fish which, in turn, sustain people. Decades of planning resulted in these reserves remaining intact, because the balance of life in the Tongass ...

The last sizable timber mill in the state has struggled to find enough trees to keep the saws running. But down the road, a small mom and pop operation is thriving with a unique business model. Alaska ...

THORNE BAY, Alaska -- The Tongass National Forest, a panoply of snow-dusted peaks and braided rivers, slender fjords and more than 5,000 islands draped over a stretch of Pacific coastline, is widely ...

Trees can survive blackheaded budworm infestations, but the thinning of the canopy affects the ecosystem in many ways that are not fully understood. (Courtesy Gordy Williams) An insect infestation ...

Ask people to find the world’s rainforests on a globe, and most will probably point to South America. But North America has rainforests too – and like their tropical counterparts, these temperate ...

“Our culture and life was given to us from them, the Tree People.” —John Martin, Tlingit Elder “We go out to the old growth in the forest with the canopy where the bears sleep and the deer sleep to ...

Author Amy Gulick is coming to Portland to discuss her new book, "Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rain Forest.'' The award-winning nature photographer will be at the Natural Capital ...

On July 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a radical shift in direction for the nation’s largest national forest, the Tongass. They’ll be ending industrial-scale old-growth logging, ...

A yet-unknown tree from the Tongass National Forest is slated to make a celebrity-worthy journey across the country this fall before being lit up as the 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, only the ...

The City and Borough of Juneau and the Tongass National Forest allow each household to harvest one Christmas tree without a ...

Up to 17 percent of the tallest old-growth trees in the Tongass temperate rainforest could be cut under new U.S. legislation, according to a report by Audubon Alaska. The report argues that the ...

The Trump administration wants to reverse a nearly two decade rule to allow more logging in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Environmentalists and tribal governments oppose the move. The Trump ...