Sitka is one of Alaska's largest commercial fishing ports ... a program of intense logging within the Tongass National Forest. Wood from large timber operations supplied two pulp mills -- the ...

Eight U.S. Forest Service employees in Sitka were among thousands of federal workers fired by the Trump administration last weekend. The Sitka employees worked in roles including tribal relations ...

Commentary author Naomi Jones writes about the importance of subsistence in her life and identity. She is a Mt. Edgecumbe ...

SITKA, Alaska— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today ... are threatened with extinction because of increased trapping and rampant logging in their forest home,” said Ted Zukoski, a senior ...

Two Southeast Alaska trail maintenance nonprofits ... according to a 2016 City and Borough of Juneau survey. The Forest Service firings also left Sitka’s beloved trails in a dire state.

Visiting this popular Alaska cruise town may soon become more difficult as citizens consider limiting tourist numbers.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is looking for herring in Sitka Sound ahead of the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery. Fisheries biologists began aerial surveys last week, and the state’s ...

Nicole Whittington-Evans, Alaska program director, Defenders of Wildlife “Protecting the Tongass National Forest is an important step in recognizing ... flying squirrels, goshawks, and Sitka ...