Weekly Wonder: Running toward destiny

Juneau Empire
4 days ago
1 min read

“Spawn ‘til you die.”

These four words, printed on the cotton of countless Ray Troll shirts and gracing the enamel of just as many William Speer pins, perfectly embody the phenomenon occurring in salmon runs throughout Southeast Alaska…(Read full story)

The Tongass needs a legislative exemption from the Roadless Rule

When one mentions the application of the 2001 Roadless Rule to the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska the listener thinks of large-scale timber cutting. But the Tongass was created near ancient volcanoes and consequently is one of the richest Volcanic Massive Sulfide (VMS) districts in North America.

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