Forest Service mishandled timber sales, environmental group says

A Tongass National Forest clearcut is shown in this 2014 aerial view. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News)A Washington, D.C., environmental group is accusing the Tongass National Forest of breaking its own timber-sale rules.
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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility cited internal Forest Service documents in its critique of Tongass management. The national forest includes most of Southeast Alaska.
Executive Director Jeff Ruch said forest managers didn’t sufficientl