This year, the Governor’s Mansion is decorated for the holidays with a Sitka spruce tree from the Tongass National Forest. But Alaskans in the capital city aren’t just decking the halls with local greenery.
Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk - Juneau
Tongass in Transition: Wolves and logging both cut into Prince of Wales deer
This deer season has been the worst in recent memory for a lot of hunters on Prince of Wales Island. Large-scale industrial logging has damaged important winter habitat, and some locals believe a rapidly growing wolf population is also devouring the deer.
Tongass in Transition: Striking a chord with old growth trees
Alaska Specialty Woods uses salvaged trees to make instrument tops. But this sustainable company still wants the timber industry to stick around.
Tongass in Transition: An uncertain future for Alaska’s last big mill
Logging old growth trees in the Tongass National Forest was supposed to be phased out. The owner at Viking Lumber has struggled to see a future where the business could survive. But this past year has restored some hope.
Murkowski moves forward with legislation to nix Tongass plan
Congress could be one step closer to undoing a U.S. Forest Service decision to end old growth logging in the Tongass National Forest.
Tracing social unrest in ancient Egypt to a volcanic eruption in Alaska
“People recall a time in the past when there was widespread famine,” said Joseph Manning, a professor at Yale University. But the ancient civilization didn’t know it was caused by eruptions halfway around the world.