Roadless Area Conservation - Alaska Rule
The final rule repealing the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska was published on January 27, 2023.Repealing the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule, which exempted the Tongass from roadless protections, returned the inventoried roadless areas of the forest to management under the 2001 Roadless Rule, which prohibits road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvest in…
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Tongass trees featured at state, national capitols for holidays
The 2024 Together Tree is displayed on the patio of the Alaska Governor’s House, Dec. 10, 2024. The tree was harvested and delivered by the Hoonah Ranger District of the Tongass National Forest, resuming a project meant to highlight the important relationships among federal, state, tribal and…
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Alaska ornaments, art, and…unity
In Alaska, holiday cheer began early this year. Alaskans and Alaska Native peoples spent their long summer days tapping into their inner artist, crafting nearly fifteen thousand beautifully handmade ornaments to adorn the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree.These ornaments are more than just impressive, festive decorations.Many of the ornaments honor the state’s rich and historic Indigenous culture, as…
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From a mining aqueduct to recreational gold-the restoration of an historic Alaska trail
A newly installed Forest Service sign orients recreators on the reconstructed Fish Creek bridge, one of 64 bridges that were rebuilt along the fourteen-mile trail. (Photo courtesy of Dave Haas)
In the 1880s, Douglas Island, now part of Juneau, Alaska, was the site of the largest gold mining complex in the world. A 14-mile-long aqueduct carried water…
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Alaska – where nature, people, and tradition come together
Ship Creek Campsite at Kenai Lake, accessible by boat, and makes a great weekend getaway. (USDA Forest Service photo by Marion Glaser)
If someone asks, ‘hey what is so unique about Alaska’s National Forests – the Tongass and the Chugach?”, the hardest part about answering this question might be deciding where to begin.For example, Alaska includes…
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Alaska’s first Community Forest Program Grant will protect watershed, create new park
Community Forest Program Grants protect predominantly forested areas such as the hillside of the proposed Potter Marsh Watershed Park, which contains streams and wetlands that flow into Potter Marsh. Photo courtesy Carl Johnson.
ALASKA—On the southern edge of Anchorage lies Potter Marsh, a…