Forest Service moves forward with logging project near Ketchikan

Forest Service moves forward with logging project near Ketchikan

The western shores of Carroll Inlet in 2015. This region about 10 miles northeast of Ketchikan is part of the South Revilla project area, where the U.S. Forest Service proposes to offer more than 5,000 acres of old-growth Tongass National Forest to commercial loggers. (Larry Edwards/Alaska Rainforest Defenders) The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with a plan to harvest over 5,000 acres of trees in the Tongass National Forest, just east of …