Tongass timber sale short on timber

The harbor at Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island. (Photo courtesy Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development; Division of Community and Regional Affairs’ Community Photo Library)
A large timber sale on the Tongass National Forest is not as large as it was advertised.
An environmental watchdog organization has uncovered a U.S. Forest Service document showing a 12-million-board-foot mistake on the Big Thorne timber sale on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska.
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