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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.

Maggie AlaskaNewsby Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom
Cover image for article: Ketchikan Indian Community asks judge to halt Shelter Cove timber sale before contract award

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.

Maggie AlaskaNewsby Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read
Cover image for article: Ketchikan tribe sues Forest Service over South Revilla logging near Ketchikan

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.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read
Cover image for article: A Ketchikan-area geoduck farm wins a 20-year lease renewal

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.