A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by timber industry groups and operators seeking to force increased old-growth ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Trump administration is looking to remove a 20-year-old set of logging restrictions covering the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, according to reports. Tongass—located in the southeast of the ...

A federal court in Anchorage has dismissed a case filed last year by an Alaska sawmill seeking to force the Forest Service to ...

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 ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders in recent weeks to expand logging in the nation's forests, but stakeholders say the recent mass firings of U.S. Forest ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental advocates readied for battle in Congress this week over what they maintain is an erosion of protections for the biggest, oldest trees in Alaska's Tongass National ...