Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane. Hop on a boat for a whale watching and wildlife viewing tour where you may spot humpback or killer whales. Ride the ...
Snow-capped mountains are reflected in the water on May 9, 2022, in the Juneau District of the Tongass National Forest. (Photo by Maya Leschinsky/U.S. Forest Service) Alaska’s Tongass National Forest ...
The Trump administration has announced plans for a timber sale that would destroy more than 5,100 acres of old-growth habitat in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. At 16.7 million acres, ...
A yet-unknown tree from the Tongass National Forest is slated to make a celebrity-worthy journey across the country this fall before being lit up as the 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, only the ...
A western black-headed budworm hangs from a silk thread. (Elizabeth Graham) Insect infestations began tearing through Southeast Alaska years ago, leaving behind scores of balding trees and annoyed ...
It doesn’t take much to get Mark Hieronymus worked up. We’re walking down an old logging road next to a creek outside of Juneau, and the guide is going back and forth on the two hottest topics in ...
The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with a plan to harvest over 5,000 acres of trees in the Tongass National Forest, ...
The Biden administration announced Friday that it intends to “repeal or replace” a Trump-era rule change that gave permission to build roads, log and make other developments in Alaska’s Tongass ...