The Tongass is the largest intact temperate rainforest on Earth, a verdant paradise the size of West Virginia stretching over way too many Alaskan islands, mist-wreathed peaks and fjords and glaciers hemorrhaging water so blue it hurts your teeth to even look upon’t, bears and wolves and black-tailed deer and moose and salmon and “ancient murrelets” (a type of cute bird) and 70,000 souls.

I prefer NFs. A National Park says “Buy a keychain and please read our Interpretive Signage, penned by three people with seven degrees.” A National Forest says “We haven’t maintained that road since Carter, have fun.”


Tongass National Forest map by Evan ApplegateTongass National Forest map by Evan Applegate

Tongass National Forest map by Evan ApplegateTongass National Forest map by Evan ApplegateTongass National Forest map by Evan ApplegateTongass National Forest map by Evan Applegate

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