Forest Service proposes young growth timber sale near Thorne Bay

Alaska Public Media | By Raegan Miller, KRBD - Ketchikan

Published September 28, 2022 at 8:08 AM AKDT

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a map of timber in Thorne Bay — An area map of the Thorne Bay Basin Integrated Management Project. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service).

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing the harvest of up to nine square miles of young growth timber on Prince of Wales Island. It’s part of a years-long transition away from old growth logging in the Tongass National Forest — and some in the timber industry worry they’ll be left behind.