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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A court ruled that a 2016 management plan doesn't legally bind the Forest Service to hold log sales in Alaska's Tongass National Forest.Salwan Georges/The Washington Post/Getty Images A federal court ...