Fire in the hole: the Indigenous crews blasting the Alaskan rainforest to save it

Written By Brendan Jones

After a historic land buyback by the US Forest Service, Tlingit crew members are demolishing culverts to restore streams, salmon runs and cultural history deep in the Tongass national forest.

Photograph: blickwinkel/Alamy

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/17/alaska-tongass-forest-conservation

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