Natural Resources
The Tongass is a healthy, abundant place—and it is the responsibility of land managers to keep it that way into the future. Maintaining this wealth while providing opportunities for people to enjoy, subsist, and work is key to the work we do on the Tongass.
Tongass National Forest Subsistence Maps
Find information to the public on salmon monitoring projects, wildlife special actions, and deer harvest regulations.
Watershed Management
The Tongass National Forest is water-rich, and our abundant waters provide spawning and rearing habitat for the majority of fish produced in southeast Alaska.
Subsistence
The Tongass National Forest is managed for multiple uses, providing fish, wildlife, and other resources harvested by residents and non-residents each year for sport, personal use, subsistence, cultural and traditional uses, as well as commercial uses.