If the objection letters are any indication, several agencies and groups are still not content for different reasons.
Timber
Forest Service adds to Admiralty Island wilderness
About 4,500 acres of heavily-logged forest will return to wilderness under a deal involving the federal government and a Southeast Alaska Native corporation.
U.S.-Canada trade deal creating uncertainty in Southeast timber market
The U.S. is in the midst of negotiations with Canada over an agreement on Canadian lumber imports. Many U.S. sawmill owners argue that the Canadian mills receive government subsidies on government-owned lands, making it difficult for the U.S. market to compete.
Petersburg assembly sends letter on Mental Health logging
Petersburg’s borough assembly Tuesday agreed to send a letter urging a land exchange rather than logging on Alaska Mental Health Trust lands on the steep hillside above Mitkof Highway south of downtown.
Feds release report on Chugach National Forest management
The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with plans to update its management plan for the Chugach National Forest on the eastern part of the Kenai Peninsula.
Sullivan details some Alaska success stories
Alaska’s economy in the face of low oil prices has been a big topic for a while, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.