“Threads of the Tongass” is a series of stories that explore how lives in Southeast Alaska are interwoven with the Tongass ...

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.

Tongass National Forest encompasses 17 million acres and is home to bald eagles, salmon, and bears.

Reversing the Roadless Rule on the Tongass risks dragging us back to the destructive days of clearcut logging, and it’s simply not what most Alaskans want right now.

A designated wilderness area in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the largest U.S. national forest, is now a little bit bigger, thanks to a land purchase and transfer arranged by two ...

Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, known for its steep mountains, glacial fjords, salmon-filled streams and towering spruce and hemlocks, will supply this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas tree.

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will once again come from Alaska this year, specifically from the Tongass National Forest in Southeast. The tree from the Tongass rainforest, known for old-growth ...

Spanning 16.7 million acres that stretch across most of southeast Alaska, the Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the United States by far and part of the world’s largest ...

The Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska covers 16.7 million acres — an area larger than West Virginia — and is home to old-growth Sitka spruce and cedars.

The Tongass National Forest is home to a variety of wildlife, including bald eagles, salmon, brown bears and wolves. Wolfgang Kaehler / LightRocket via Getty Images Road construction and timber ...

The Agriculture Department restored the so-called Roadless Rule, but federal land swaps still open Tongass National Forest land to logging.