Celebrated climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell summited Devil’s Thumb in late August. But they couldn’t pull it off without the counsel of a local climber who’s had a decades-long love affair with the mountain.
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There could be up to five times as many streams in Alaska than previously thought, according to a group of scientists and programmers who have spent nearly a decade mapping the state.
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A Petersburg resident won the fifth annual Tongass ToughMan triathlon on Saturday, July 1st. The event drew 17 athletes out to swim across Zimovia Strait, then peddle and run across Wrangell.
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The U.S. Forest Service awarded grants this summer that could help revitalize the logging industry in the Tongass National Forest. Two businesses in Southeast have received hundreds of thousands of dollars to re-tool their mills. Those grants could help tackle housing shortages in local communities.
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The U.S. Forest Service is asking the public to get involved in creating a 10-year forest management plan for the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. The federal agency will be holding in-person workshops, virtual webinars and community gatherings through June.
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The U. S. Forest Service is seeking new recruits nationwide, with extra focus on filling positions in Alaska. But recruiters say economic conditions are making it hard for them to recruit and retain employees who come from out of state. Now, the agency is turning its attention to the local workforce.
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USFS hydrologist Heath Whitacre presented on how his team is saving regional watersheds. Part of their philosophy is to put trees back into the streams.
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A documentary film about the impacts of logging on Southeast Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island called Understory is starting to make its way through film festivals. The film features a resident of the small Prince of Wales community of Point Baker.
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In The Garden with Ed Buyarski, Mondays at 2:30pm
