Both Nicolette Amann, a local resident who began a chang.org petition addressing the timber harvest, and Roshan Ranch LLC owner Paul Chamberlain, who owns the forest-adjacent parcel, say they are ...

A new state-certified lumber grading program is turning Alaska’s local timber into a legal, reliable building material — and ...

A trail-building organization in Sitka has been recognized nationally for its work. The Chief of the US Forest Service, ...

USFS Here is an index map of 20 major timber types in the United States as defined by the Society of American Foresters. Each forest type listed on the map is presented where it most frequently ...

Sitka Just Released New Waterfowl Waders—And They're the Most Advanced Yet Duck hunters, meet the all-new Delta Pro Zip GTX waders By Amanda Oliver Jun 02, 2025 ...

By a more than 2-to-1 margin, voters in Wednesday’s special election turned down a ballot proposition to limit cruise ship visitation in Sitka. The vote was 773 in favor and 2,071 against the ...

It required the USFS to put 450 million board feet (MBF) of timber up for sale every year. The timber industry employed approximately 3,500 people, mostly in the pulp mills in Sitka and Ketchikan.

The region benefits from good access to timber markets, particularly for high-quality Sitka spruce. The BSW sawmill in nearby Corpach offers a convenient market for sawlog timber, while jetty ...

While the heyday of the timber industry supported about 4,000 jobs, many were nonresidents or recent arrivals who left when the pulp mills closed. Most of my former colleagues at the Sitka mill went ...

Timber harvest benefitting UW sparks concern among residents of small, pro-logging town By McKenna Sweet The Daily May 12, 2025 1 4 min to read ...

Within the forest industry the vast majority would argue that timber production should always be the top priority. Sitka spruce is responsible for substantial income and employment in Rural Ireland.