Anchorage Daily News

'Tongass Wars' flare over Southeastern timber sale

Conservation groups and the U.S. Forest Service have fought for decades over management of the country's largest national forest. The wrangling has gone on for so long it has a name: The Tongass Wars.

Alaska groups want size of Logjam timber sale reduced

Three environmental groups have appealed a U.S. Forest Service decision to log 73 million board feet of timber on Prince of Wales Island.

Federal court bans new roads in national forests

A federal appeals court Wednesday reinstated a rule banning logging, mining and new roads on nearly 40 million acres of national forest land. It's not clear yet how the decision will affect Tongass National Forest, which was exempted from the ban six years go.

Feds must pay legal fees for whistleblower widow's suit

A federal court judge says the U.S. Forest Service must pay the legal fees for the widow of a Tongass National Forest whistleblower who died shortly after he lost his job.

Economy could hurt timber sale

The sour economy could hurt the state's annual timber sale in the Tanana Valley State Forest.

Work begins on Tongass road after judge refuses to stop it

Work has begun on a six-mile road through Tongass National Forest after a federal judge refused to stop it.

Timber sale and road project spark lawsuit

A conservation group has filed a lawsuit against a proposed timber sale and related road project near Ketchikan.

Deer are focus of Tongass sale lawsuits

Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service, seeking to stop four Tongass National Forest timber sales on grounds of potential harm to deer populations.

Rulings keep protection for murrelet

Timber industry efforts to get a small sea bird off the threatened-species list have been denied in two court rulings.

Tongass pollution triggers investigation

Toxic metals and acidic water are leaching from a new road in the Tongass National Forest, harming fish and other aquatic life in streams that drain into a popular lake used for subsistence and recreation, federal officials said Wednesday.

Bush says he will veto timber payments bill

President Bush said Wednesday he will veto a bill that would continue payments to rural counties hurt by federal cutbacks in logging.

Forest Service weighs Tongass plan criticism

U.S. forestry officials are working to address the appeals of myriad stakeholder groups over the new Tongass Land Management Plan. Timber harvesting advocates and opponents criticized the plan's analysis of timber demand.

In 'Tongass Timber,' writer sorts fact from fallacy on Southeast logging

A new historical account of the Tongass National Forest contains hundreds of surprising facts about the "good old days" of logging on Alaska's Panhandle.

In 'Tongass Timber,' writer sorts fact from fallacy on Southeast logging

A new historical account of the Tongass National Forest contains hundreds of surprising facts about the "good old days" of logging on Alaska's Panhandle.

Judge blocks repair of old logging roads in Tongass

A federal judge on Friday ordered the government to stop fixing up two disputed logging roads in the Tongass National Forest in Southeast.

Judge blocks repair of old logging roads in Tongass

A federal judge on Friday ordered the government to stop fixing up two disputed logging roads in the Tongass National Forest in Southeast.

Biologist files suit targeting logging roads

A U.S. Forest Service biologist is suing his bosses over whether their practice of sprucing up old logging roads without an environmental review is legal.

Biologist files suit targeting logging roads

A U.S. Forest Service biologist is suing his bosses over whether their practice of sprucing up old logging roads without an environmental review is legal.

Young promises reprisal for vote on Tongass

The House voted Thursday to prohibit the Forest Service from spending federal funds to build new logging roads in the Tongass National Forest. The Forest Service has lost an average of $40 million a year -- and $48 million last year -- to subsidi

Young promises reprisal for vote on Tongass

The House voted Thursday to prohibit the Forest Service from spending federal funds to build new logging roads in the Tongass National Forest. The Forest Service has lost an average of $40 million a year -- and $48 million last year -- to subsidi

State sale of timber receives zero bids

A proposed timber sale off Petersville Road in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough drew vocal opposition from residents and a lawsuit but no bids to harvest the trees.