Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 12:00AM 
Kristen Langlois explores the changing economic landscape when it comes to the future of logging in the Tongass.
LINK (via: High Country News)
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Tongass 77 has faced difficulty in winning national support and has yet to find a sponsor in Congress, but advocates made public a letter signed by more than 230 scientists endorsing the plan and trying to give it a jump start.
LINK (via: Alaska Dispatch)
This is a once in a lifetime chance to proactively protect one of the last remaining intact salmon ecosystems on the planet and the world is starting to take notice.
A New Idea to Protect Wild Salmon -
Carl Safina from the Blue Ocean Institute signed on to the letter and explains why the Tongass 77 plan is so important.
LINK (via: National Geographic News)
The Forest Service's Addiction to Old Growth -
Sitka native Brendan Jones gives some local perspective to the Forest Service's warped priorities when it comes to what fuels the economic engine of the Tongass.
LINK (via: The Huffington Post)
Scientists Want Protection for Salmon in the Tongass -
If you want to see what the opponents the Tongass 77 plan have to say read this story.
Rep. Don Young, in a statement, said the "Tongass 77" proposal is "a fine fundraising tool, but is hardly legitimate public policy with any chance of seeing the light of day in Congress while I'm here."
LINK (via: Anchorage Daily News)
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Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 12:00AM 
Salmon are not the only species under threat in the Tongass.
Southeast Alaska is home to the Alexander Archipelago wolf, a subspecies of gray wolves. However this wolf is being blamed for low deer harvest in two specific areas: Gravina Island and the Lindenburg Peninsula. In a recent ADFG meeting, it was voted to eliminate (by trapping) wolves from these areas. this will not happen until 2014, during regular trapping season.
LINK (via: Tongass Conservation Society)
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