Alcan Timber News Today

Could rising timber prices aid the Tongass transition to second-growth logging? Posted by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Apr 29, 2021 This is a 70-year old stand of young growth timber, photographed in 2013. The tightly-packed trees are growing among the stumps of their much larger predecessors. (USDA photo) Soaring lumber prices could be a boon for Southeast Alaska’s struggling timber industry. The pandemic has fueled the demand for both renovations and the new home construction market, and su...

Photo courtesy of the U. S. Forest Service Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - An audit conducted by the Forest Service indicates that two large timber sales in the Tongass National Forest were mismanaged. Thats according to a release from the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council which says the audit was obtained via a lawsuit filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a Freedom of Information request it filed. Sally Schlichting is a poli...

Timber audit highlights problems on two Tongass sales Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Feb 2, 2021 Logs are transported from the road system to water on Kupreanof Island near Petersburg in 2013. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK) An internal audit by the U.S. Forest Service says the federal agency mismanaged two timber sales. The report blames pressure to meet timber harvest targets. Mistakes meant $2 million less for habitat restoration work on the Tongass National Forest. Auditors also found the sales failed to...