One was aimed at accessing more natural resources in Alaska. It attempts to roll ... which prohibits road construction and timber harvest on over 58 million acres of national forests across ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), defines heavy timber construction as a system having main framing members measuring no less than eight inches by eight inches and with exterior ...

Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), have asked the Trump administration for a "full exemption" from the 2001 Roadless Rule, which limits road construction and timber harvests. They argue that the ...

The Biden administration’s plan to help southeastern Alaska adjust to a future ... s decision to reinstate limits on timber harvesting and road construction on nearly half of the Tongass ...

But sometimes it finds a way to reinvent itself. Case in point: Ketchikan, Alaska, where the demise of the timber industry has led to a radical transformation. Many people who used to earn their ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - A federal judge has blocked what would have been the largest timber sale in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest in decades. Wednesday’s ruling ends the U.S. Forest Service’s ...