The Biden administration has restored protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, sometimes called, “America’s Amazon.” The new ...

The defoliator coming to a forest near you Tongass National Forest visitors can help document western blackheaded budworms’ impact. by Jonson Kuhn Tuesday, July 5, 2022 5:19pm News Local News ...

Environmentalists in Alaska filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block a Trump administration plan to open vast swaths of the nation's largest national forest to logging, nearly a third of it in ...

Alaska sues US government to contest Tongass forest protections By Clark Mindock September 11, 20234:52 AM PDTUpdated September 11, 2023 REUTERS/Yereth Rosen Purchase Licensing Rights ...

The number of jobs linked to the timber industry in Southeast Alaska near the Tongass National Forest has declined from 3,543 in 1991 to 312 in 2022 — the lowest timber employment level ever ...

In analyzing those thousands of insects — which altogether weighed about as much as an iPhone — Sikes and Hagelin found that Alaska’s boreal forest is rich in insect life.