The U.S. Forest Service is working to replace the 25-year-old management plan for the nation’s largest national forest.
Anna Canny
Local News Reporter
Forest Service boasts dozens of new staff positions in the Tongass
The agency says a larger workforce will help it catch up on a backlog of maintenance projects and keep up with the tourism boom in Southeast Alaska.
Juneau lawmakers want more state aid for Alaskans hit by disasters
Both the Senate and House versions of the new bill would bump state disaster aid up to $50,000.
Climate change is making it harder to survey pollock in the Gulf of Alaska
Between 2017 and 2019, pollock surveys in the Gulf of Alaska produced wildly different estimates.
Cruise ship passenger fee proposals include study of Juneau’s humpback whales
Juneau’s humpback whales are beloved by visitors and locals alike. But scientists say there’s a lot we don’t know about their health.
New wetland habitat maps will help capture Juneau’s ‘wildlife and fish factory’
The Southeast Alaska Land Trust will create new tideland maps to replace maps from the 1970s.