Jewel in Jeopardy: Will Alaska’s Rainforests Be Spared The Axe?
The Tongass is the final remnant of a once-vast West Coast rainforest. Now timber companies are gunning to harvest even this enclave of old-growth wilderness.
Articles by: Naazia Ebrahim
Culture, Place
Painting the Pacific Northwest
Where the mountains and forests end, the ocean begins.
Ecosystems, Human Landscape, Indigenous Peoples, Out West
Talking Tongass: First Impressions from the Last Frontier
After several weeks of traveling, I’ve finally arrived in Sitka, Alaska, where I'm working with the US Forest Service in the Tongass National Forest.