Tongass Facts

The Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development has available on the Web the Alaska Economic Information System (AEIS).

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has an excellent bibliography of books about salmon fishing. Check out Books About Trolling (7kb pdf file*).

The official Tongass National Forest website has a Forest Facts section that presents the region's archeology and history:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/forest_facts/resources/heritage/heritage.html

The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC) has a brief history of the Tongass Timber Program: http://www.seacc.org/TongassHistory.htm or go to their Tongass Forest Facts page for a broader look at the Tongass National Forest: http://www.seacc.org/ForestFacts.htm

The Alaska Forest Association (the timber industry's trade association) also has a Forest Facts page: http://www.akforest.org/facts.htm

The Alaska Coalition has an interesting 'History of Public Lands in Alaska' that gives a good overview of the political history surrounding the Tongass National Forest:
http://www.alaskacoalition.org/history_public_lands.htm

This link provides a history of the Tlingit people, written by a Tlingit:
http://www.alaskan.com/docs/tlingithistory.html

Gorp.com is a guide to outdoor recreation and active travel. This site has information that is useful for the first time visitor to SE Alaska.
http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_national_forest/ak_tonga.htm

This website has a chronological history of Alaska that includes the occasional link to a more detailed historical account of an event:
http://www.everythingalaska.com/eta.history.html

The Alaska State Library's site has a chronological history of Alaska that lists historical facts for which there are written records.
http://sled.alaska.edu/akfaq/akchron.html

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