‘Stewardship’ Workshops Continue As Tonka Timber Sale Awarded

The U.S. Forest Service has awarded the contract for a major logging project on Kupreanof Island near Petersburg. The agency made the announcement last week during its latest “collaborative stewardship” workshop. That series of public meetings is aimed at bringing forest stakeholders together to come up with local uses for revenue from the sale. The discussions have been tense at times.

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Matt Lichtenstein is a reporter at KFSK in Petersburg.

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