Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snow-capped mountains are reflected in the water on May 9, 2022, in the Juneau District of the Tongass National Forest. (Photo by ...

Despite public pushback, the Trump administration has announced plans to rescind the 2021 Roadless Rule, which protects 9 ...

The U.S. Forest Service approved a logging project in the Earth’s largest temperate rainforest that could decimate old-growth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tongass National Forest (Photo by U.S. Forest Service) The U.S. Forest Service has initiated a revision of the Tongass National ...

Conservationists are pushing back on a massive old-growth logging plan by the U.S. Forest Service, which would carve new ...

A designated wilderness area in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the largest U.S. national forest, is now a little bit bigger, thanks to a land purchase and transfer arranged by two ...

Rural communities bordering the Tongass National Forest harvest more than 4.5 million pounds of wild food per year, including 100 different species that our public lands help support. Just how much ...

The fight for the largest intact temperate forest in the United States continues with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service announcing on Friday, April 24, that it will open 1,655 acres ...

A western black-headed budworm hangs from a silk thread. (Elizabeth Graham) Insect infestations began tearing through Southeast Alaska years ago, leaving behind scores of balding trees and annoyed ...

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 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will once again come from Alaska this year, specifically from the Tongass National Forest in Southeast. The tree from the Tongass rainforest, known for old-growth trees ...