Time for Change on the Tongass is Now
By Dominick A. DellaSala Like many who care about Alaska’s economy and its world-class rainforests, I witnessed the recent news coverage on the Big Thorne timber sale as the latest boxing match over...
View ArticleBig Thorne: Big Step Backwards for Tongass
This week’s news that the U.S. Forest Service has issued a contract for a large old-growth timber sale on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest is disappointing to a wide range...
View ArticleIt’s Time for Sustainable Logging
September 28, 2014 By the Juneau Empire Logging in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest is an industry that faltered many times before getting off the ground. Yet once it did, it took off with...
View ArticleLet’s Not Cook the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs
October 16, 2014 By MALENA MARVIN FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE According to Southeast Conference, Southeast Alaska’s economy is increasingly stable, diverse and strong. Bolstered by the powerful twin engines...
View ArticlePart One — Alaska’s Tongass National Forest and Its Growth Industries
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series. Coming next: how the seafood industry helps drive the regional economy in the Tongass National Forest. The maritime industry in Southeast...
View ArticleIntro — Alaska’s Tongass National Forest and Its Growth Industries
Seafood, maritime and the visitor industries are bright spots in Southeast Alaska’s economy, according to a recent study by the Southeast Conference, a Juneau-based economic development organization....
View ArticlePart Two — Alaska’s Tongass National Forest and Its Growth Industries
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series about Southeast Alaska’s major economic engines – maritime, seafood and tourism. You can read the first installment here. Southeast Alaska...
View ArticlePart Three — Alaska’s Tongass National Forest and Its Growth Industries
Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service Editor’s Note: This is the third and final installment of a three-part blog series looking at economic trends in Southeast Alaska. You can read the first blog...
View ArticleCruise for Conservation!
We’re excited to share the following announcement from our friends at Custom Alaska Cruises: Custom Alaska Cruises and MV Sikumi are proud to announce our first “Donation Month” of 2015. We will be...
View ArticleForest Service criticized over Tongass logging
Photo courtesy of Sitka Conservation Society February 27, 2015 Logging in southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest made news again this week when Sen. Lisa Murkowski questioned Forest Service Chief...
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