Revillagigedo Island
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October 2026
Ketchikan Indian Community asks judge to halt Shelter Cove timber sale before contract award
Ketchikan Indian Community and two conservation groups asked a judge to halt the Shelter Cove timber sale before the Forest Service awards a logging contract.

August 2026
Ketchikan tribe sues Forest Service over South Revilla logging near Ketchikan
Ketchikan Indian Community sued the Forest Service over logging that would cut 44% of winter deer habitat on Revillagigedo Island, threatening subsistence hunting.

July 2026
A Ketchikan-area geoduck farm wins a 20-year lease renewal
Geoducks are giant, long-necked clams that can live past 100 and sell for a fortune. A Ketchikan-area farm that grows them just locked in 20 more years.

About Revillagigedo Island
Revillagigedo Island is an island in Southeast Alaska's Alexander Archipelago, within the Ketchikan Gateway Borough. It holds the city of Ketchikan and Misty Fiords National Monument, and much of its land lies in the Tongass National Forest.
Its forest is managed by the Forest Service, which plans timber sales on the island's national forest land. Those sales weigh logging against winter deer habitat and the subsistence deer hunting that depends on it. Ketchikan Indian Community and conservation groups have challenged the logging in federal court.
Its surrounding waters also support shellfish farming, including geoduck aquaculture leases near Ketchikan. The island is shared by Ketchikan, Saxman and Loring.