Author Archives: Paula Dobbyn
Restoring Salmon Habitat: A Jobs Creator for Southeast Alaska
The 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska is a vast, wild landscape pulsing with some of the world’s most productive freshwater systems for salmon and trout. Everything here revolves around fish, whether it’s for income, recreation or simply putting … Continue reading
Salmon in the Trees Exhibit to be Installed in Wrangell, AK
Photographer Amy Gulick will install a permanent version of her exhibit Salmon in the Trees in Wrangell, Alaska, in May. Salmon in the Trees tells the remarkable story of the Tongass rain forest of Southeast Alaska. Fringing the coastal panhandle … Continue reading
Fishermen to Forest Service: Grow Jobs, Protect Salmon
Salmon anglers and U.S. taxpayers, take notice. It’s time to tell the U.S. Forest Service to stop misspending your money in one of America’s Best Wild Places, the Tongass National Forest of Southeast Alaska. That’s the message from a group of … Continue reading
Youth Art Exhibit Celebrates Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
An exhibit featuring art made byKetchikan elementary students that celebrates Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest is on display at the Tongass Historical Museum through February 25. “A Forest of Words: Youth Voices Celebrate the Tongass National Forest” is a … Continue reading
Budget Shift Needed for Tongass Salmon
Trout Unlimited and partner organizations are preparing to send a group of commercial fishermen, anglers, guides and yacht-tour operators to Washington, D.C., next month to push for stronger conservation of fish habitat in the Tongass National Forest of Southeast Alaska. The group will meet … Continue reading
TU Hits Trade Shows To Talk Up Tongass
Trout Unlimited hit two large sportsman’s shows on the West Coast recently to introduce its Tongass 77 campaign to the hunting and angling community. TU’s Sportfish Outreach Coordinator for Southeast Alaska, Mark Hieronymus, spoke with many lodge owners and guides at the … Continue reading
The MeatEater Promotes Old Growth Conservation in Alaska’s Tongass
Author and hunter Steven Rinella, host of Sportsman Channel’s MeatEater show, champions old growth conservation in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest in a new video. Produced as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s “Conservation Field Notes,” the video explores why habitat protection on … Continue reading
Tongass Guardians: Documenting Alaska’s Coastal Rain Forest
Documentary photographer Julie Denesha has created a new series of stunning images of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The project — Tongass Guardians – was made possible through a U.S. Forest Service residency program for artists and writers called Voices of the … Continue reading
Best Wild Places Features Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Field & Stream turned its attention to Alaska’s coastal temperate rain forest — the Tongass National Forest – this month as part of its Best Wild Places series. Outdoor writer Darren Dorris teamed up with Tim Bristol, director of TU, … Continue reading
Radio Campaign Touts Southeast Alaska Salmon Fishery
Trout Unlimited and the Sitka Conservation Society partnered on a series of radio ads recently to draw attention to the importance of wild salmon to the economy, culture and lifestyles of Southeast Alaskans. Southeast Alaska is home to the world’s … Continue reading
