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Movers and Shakers for June 13 Post date:  Wed, 06/09/2021 - 9:22am Helge Eng joined the Department of Natural Resources as director of the Division of Forestry and Alaska state forester, after a 21-year career at California’s forest management and wildlife firefighting agency. At the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Eng had been deputy director for forestry since 2015. He had previously spent two years as assistant deputy director for resource protection, nine years as state forests program manager, and three years as state forest biometrician for the department. He ...

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 outline planned restoration work and potentially violated conflict of interest rules among other fi...