Tongass National Forest encompasses 17 million acres and is home to bald eagles, salmon, and bears. Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane. Hop on a boat ...

Alaska's Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the U.S. and the largest temperate forest in the world. Here's what you need to know before you go.

The Tongass National Forest is the world’s largest contiguous temperate rainforest and, at almost 17 million acres, it’s the largest National Forest in the U.S. It stretches south from above Glacier ...

“Part of the Glacier calved today, impacting the ice covering the lake and creating instability on the surface,” a post on the Forest Service’s Tongass National Forest Facebook page at 11:07 ...

Tourists visiting the Mendenhall Glacier in the Tongass National Forest are reflected in a pool of water as they make their way to Nugget Falls in Juneau, Alaska. AP JUNEAU, Alaska — The federal ...

JUNEAU -- As the Mendenhall Glacier retreats, it is becoming ever more popular as a visitor destination. It's been 19 years since the U.S. Forest Service, which manages the visitor center and ...

Scenes from the Tongass National Forest in July: Downtown Juneau, Alaska's capital; the shoreline of Prince of Wales Island; and visitors to Nugget Falls at the Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau ...

Landing in Southeast Alaska surrounded by Glacier Bay National Park and the Tongass National Forest was a godsend as a parent. I loved, loved having the ability to raise my children here.

Ice may aid the survival of this little-seen type of black bear, whose habitat is rapidly warming. A glacier bear rests at the base of a tree in Alaska's Tongass National Forest in 2018. “To ...

Officials with the Tongass National Forest, under which the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area falls, are bracing for more visitors over the next 30 years even as they contemplate a future when ...

Tongass National Forest. Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane. Hop on a boat for a whale watching and wildlife viewing tour where you may spot humpback or ...