Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.New genetic research is expanding the family tree of a small weasel. A new species has been identified on a Southeast Alaska island and in British Columbia. It’s called the Haida Ermine, and it’s one of three main ermine species in the world. Scientists who studied the mammal believe there could be other animals unique to this area.When Jocelyn Colella was studying to become an evolutionary biologist, she thought she would research something big — maybe large cats or bears.“I...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.New genetic research is expanding the family tree of a small weasel. A new species has been identified on a Southeast Alaska island and in British Columbia. It’s called the Haida Ermine, and it’s one of three main ermine species in the world. Scientists who studied the mammal believe there could be other animals unique to this area.When Jocelyn Colella was studying to become an evolutionary biologist, she thought she would research something big — maybe large cats or bears.“I...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Democratic lawmakers in Congress have begun trying to for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. They’ve filed a bill that would reverse the  to exempt the country’s largest national forest from the 2001 rule restricting road-building and other development. And with control of the U.S. Senate slated to change hands, bills filed in both chambers on Tuesday have better prospects than previous efforts. The Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2021 : It...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Democratic lawmakers in Congress have begun trying to for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. They’ve filed a bill that would reverse the  to exempt the country’s largest national forest from the 2001 rule restricting road-building and other development. And with control of the U.S. Senate slated to change hands, bills filed in both chambers on Tuesday have better prospects than previous efforts. The Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2021 : It...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The U.S. Forest Service has given the owner of a boat shop on Prince of Wales Island until mid-December to tear down the historic complex and leave.That’s in anticipation that the .“I am now directing you to remove the boathouse and shop building, in addition to the (sic) those on the list of other structures and improvements shown in the removal plan,” Tongass Forest Supervisor Earl Stewart wrote on August 14. “I find that removal of the boathouse and shop building does not...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The U.S. Forest Service has given the owner of a boat shop on Prince of Wales Island until mid-December to tear down the historic complex and leave.That’s in anticipation that the .“I am now directing you to remove the boathouse and shop building, in addition to the (sic) those on the list of other structures and improvements shown in the removal plan,” Tongass Forest Supervisor Earl Stewart wrote on August 14. “I find that removal of the boathouse and shop building does not...WW…