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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON October 3 - 0 COMMENTS
Big Thorne: Big Step Backwards for Tongass
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This week’s news that the U.S. Forest Service has issued a contract for a large old-growth timber sale on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest is disappointing to a wide range of Americans, including sport and commercial fishermen, hunters, tourism operators and visitors to [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON September 5 - 0 COMMENTS
Time for Change on the Tongass
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 By Dominick A. DellaSala Like many who care about Alaska’s economy and its world-class rainforests, I witnessed the recent news coverage on the Big Thorne timber sale as the latest boxing match over old growth logging. Each prizefighter staked out familiar ground — conservationists sued over old [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON August 26 - 3 COMMENTS
Old-Growth Logging Threatens Key Salmon Habitat in Alaska
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By Austin Williams After pledging in 2010 to bring about an end to old-growth logging on the Tongass National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service has failed to find first gear, and may have ground the shifter into reverse.  Last week, despite staunch public opposition, the Forest Service approved the [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON July 31 - 0 COMMENTS
Canadian Mine Near Southeast Alaska Moves Forward
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A huge gold and copper mine, proposed for northwest British Columbia just 19 miles from Alaska, moved a step closer to becoming a reality this week. Fishermen, tourism operators and tribes in Alaska, meanwhile, are raising red flags about the project and its potential to contaminate downstream [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON July 10 - 0 COMMENTS
Forest Service Should Cease Tongass Old-Growth Logging
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Jim Furnish, a former top U.S. Forest Service official, has a strong message for his former bosses – stop the ecologically-damaging and money-losing practice of old-growth logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest and do it now. In an editorial published in the Juneau Empire this week, Furnish [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY John Ross ON June 20 - 0 COMMENTS
100 Best: Russian River
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Location: Southcentral Type of stream: Freestone Angling methods: Fly, spin Species: Red, silver, rainbows, steelhead, dolly varden  Access: Easy Season: Varies by species and location Supporting Services: Kenai, Soldotna Short take: A fine fall fishery for ‘bows. Great for sockeyes during the [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY John Ross ON June 20 - 0 COMMENTS
100 Best: Kenai
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Location: Southcentral Type of stream: Freestone Angling methods: Fly, spin Species: King, red, silver, pink salmon; rainbows, steelhead, dolly varden  Access: Easy Season: Varies by species and location Supporting Services: Kenai, Soldotna Short take: Salmon you can find everywhere, but not these [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY John Ross ON June 20 - 0 COMMENTS
100 Best: Kanektok
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Location: West Type of stream: Freestone Angling methods: Fly, spin Species: Kings, reds, silvers, pinks, chums, rainbows, grayling, dolly varden  Access: Remote—required float plane Season: June - September Supporting Services: King Salmon Short take: To float it is to love it Handicapped Access [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY John Ross ON June 20 - 0 COMMENTS
100 Best: Alagnak
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<div><strong>Location</strong>:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Southwest</div><div><strong>Type of stream</strong>:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_dobbyn ON May 22 - 0 COMMENTS
Fish Need Trees, Too
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By BRENDAN JONES As a resident of Sitka, in Southeast Alaska, I’ve worked in the local commercial fishing industry on and off for the past 17 years. This summer I’ll go out on the boat once more, in search of salmon, which have become one of the drivers of the region’s economic recovery. This year [ READ MORE... ]
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