Tag: Forest

Umpqua marks 45th anniversary with $45,000 donation to Tongass National Forest

Umpqua has celebrated its 45th anniversary with a $45,000 donation to the Tongass National Forest in Alaska.

Colorado fly-fishing company, Umpqua, has marked its 45th year with a $45,000 donation to conservation generated by sales of its products. Umpqua pledged the contribution to Alaska’s Tongass National Forest two years ago at ICAST and raised the money from sales of its Tongass packs and bags. The donation, made in collaboration with the Sportsman’s Alliance, […]

Important salmon-producing areas protected in final Tongass National Forest Plan Amendment

Sportsmen and businesses applaud new direction for country’s largest National Forest. Today, the U.S. Forest Service finalized an amendment to its Tongass Land and Resource Management plan that includes important measures for better conserving more than 70 salmon and trout streams within Southeast Alaska’s 17 million acre Tongass National Forest. The measures are the culmination […]