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Natural Resources

The Tongass is a healthy, abundant place—and it is the responsibility of land managers to keep it that way into the future. Maintaining this wealth while providing opportunities for people to enjoy, subsist, and work is key to the work we do on the Tongass.

Tongass National Forest Subsistence Maps

Redoubt Lake on the Sitka Ranger district, Tongass National Forest

Find information to the public on salmon monitoring projects, wildlife special actions, and deer harvest regulations.

Watershed Management

Chum Salmon under water Web

The Tongass National Forest is water-rich, and our abundant waters provide spawning and rearing habitat for the majority of fish produced in southeast Alaska.

Last updated February 25, 2026