Haines is not the only community interested in mapping the risk. Similar projects have been completed or are underway in more ...

The U.S. Forest Service has completed assessment reports on over 20 topics that will inform how the Tongass National Forest ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire from archived editions in 1985, 1995 and 2005. They include names, AP style ...

Shutterstock “America’s Last Frontier” is the perfect description for Alaska. The state has some of the most untamed ...

The cruise industry was already booming in Alaska, but some locals say its growth is putting a strain on the environment tourists come for.

One of the executive orders emerging from the Trump administration's early days is Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential. As a West Virginia native and current Alaska resident, I see ...

It also rescinds roadless protections from more than 9 million acres of rainforest in the Tongass National Forest of Southeast Alaska and expedites the construction of a road through a designated ...

The board meets every three years to review policies and regulations in Southeast Alaska fisheries. At their sprawling meeting in Ketchikan over the next two weeks, they will deliberate on 159 ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Firefighters were desperately trying to stop a cluster of fast-moving blazes in southeastern Australia on Tuesday as thousands of acres of two national parks burned and a farming ...

Lightning strikes on Monday evening ignited several fires in the Grampians National Park ... Chris Hardman from Forest Fire Management Victoria warned that weather conditions over the next ...

Throughout national forests across the U.S., year-round camping options are abundant, offering many amenities and accessibility options. National parks, from Yellowstone and Grand Canyon to Acadia ...

razed vast tracts of forest and blanketed major cities in thick smoke. SYDNEY - Firefighters were desperately trying to stop a cluster of fast-moving blazes in southeast Australia on Tuesday, as ...