Tongass is the worlds largest intact temperate rainforest,with trees more than 1000 years dilapidated. But a pro-logging effort could uproot them At south-east Alaska’s final industrial-scale sawmill, wheel loaders stack debarked logs two storeys high on the frozen ground. A bumper sticker on a battered Ford in the parking lot reads “cleave Kill Dig Drill”, or a mantra that many in the 49th state appreciate repeating. Viking Lumber Company employs 34 people and sustains itself primarily on dilapidated growth trees harvested from the Tongass,the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world. Many of them have been around longer than the United States – some for 1000 years.
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Source: guardian.co.uk