Judge Gleason granted the defendants' motion to dismiss, and did so 'with prejudice,' meaning such a suit can never be brought again.

Two weeks after the Trump administration announced a U.S. Forest Service “restructuring” that would close regional offices ...

Recent long-term studies revealed a three-quarters reduction of insects in parts of Germany and an 80% decline in pollinating flies at a field site in Greenland. What’s going on with numbers of Alaska ...

Northern ecosystems are seeing some of the planet's most sweeping changes from climate warming. For some animals and plants, that has posed a threat to their very existence and, for humans, a couple ...

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will once again come from Alaska this year, specifically from the Tongass National Forest in Southeast. The tree from the Tongass rainforest, known for old-growth trees ...

An anchored commercial fishing troller enjoys some serenity in Roosevelt Harbor on Zarembo Island. September 9, 2019. Tongass National Forest. (Photo by Eric Castro) Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, ...

A designated wilderness area in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the largest U.S. national forest, is now a little bit bigger, thanks to a land purchase and transfer arranged by two ...

The Trump administration’s goal of expanding timber production is about to see one of its biggest tests yet in Alaska. The Forest Service has launched a comprehensive revision of the land management ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Forest Service ranger with the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center acts as bear crossing guard as visitors look on. (Photo by Cam ...

The Trump administration says it’ll again seek to harvest more than 4,000 acres of old-growth in the Tongass National Forest. The Trump administration is resurrecting a large timber project in ...