Forest Service mishandled timber sales, environmental group says

The Tongass National Forest includes most of Southeast Alaska. (Image courtesy U.S. Forest Service).
A Washington, D.C., environmental group is accusing the Tongass National Forest of breaking its own timber-sale rules.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility cites 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 sufficiently review or monitor sa