One of the first Executive Orders from the Trump Whitehouse is to reverse environmental protections for federal lands in ...

President Trump late Monday issued a pair of executive orders that seek to bolster oil and gas drilling — including in ...

The decision to again lift limits on roadless-area development sets up a rematch over the Tongass National Forest.

For those who want to base in a town but want to avoid the crowds and development of Anchorage, the forest's eastern edge is near the town of Cordova, a hidden destination on Alaska's coast.

(Photo by Alicia Stearns/U.S. Forest Service) Rural schools, mostly in Southeast Alaska, are facing a major funding shortfall this year after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory)— A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups and other forest advocates are seeking to defend ...

The only other Capitol tree from Alaska came from the Chugach National Forest in 2015. Since there is a rotation among Forest Service regions for the tree, the Tongass was chosen when Alaska’s ...

Trump intends to reopen the Tongass National Forest to logging. But environmentalists and tribal governments envision a more ...

At an open house Wednesday, some of the people the Mendenhall Glacier poles are meant to honor said they should be included ...

Discover the landmarks of Alaska, from majestic mountains to cool glaciers. Experience the adventure and natural wonders of ...

The land has been under U.S. Forest Service jurisdiction since the early 1900s. But, the State of Alaska argued that the ownership should have turned over to Alaska at statehood. Both the lake and ...

The partisan divide over natural resource protections took a hard shift to the right with the inauguration of President Trump ...