A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by timber industry groups and operators seeking to force increased old-growth logging in the Tongass National Forest, ruling the plaintiffs failed to ...

The Trump administration is turning to rarely used laws to circumvent environmental restrictions and expand logging in ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Thursday it is ending large-scale, old-growth timber sales on the nation’s largest national forest — the Tongass National Forest in Alaska — and will instead ...

A federal court in Anchorage has dismissed a case filed last year by an Alaska sawmill seeking to force the Forest Service to increase logging in the Tongass National Forest, a blow to the region’s dw ...

The decision to again lift limits on roadless-area development sets up a rematch over the Tongass National Forest. President Donald Trump’s decision on his first day in office to lift logging ...

Major Alaska resource projects, and the land they could be built on, may be at stake in the presidential election. They include drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and elsewhere in Alaska, ...

Alaska's economy relies heavily on resource extraction, and Gov. Dunleavy's proposals reflect a push to maximize oil, gas, and timber development. Republicans perceive these industries to be economic ...

Federal protections for Alaska's Tongass National Forest will be lifted this week by the Trump administration, allowing "logging and other forms of development" to occur in the world's largest intact ...