The Ward Lake Recreation Area in the Tongass National Forest. (U.S. Forest Service photo)
The Ward Lake Recreation Area in the Tongass National Forest. (U.S. Forest Service photo)

For the first time in more than two decades, the U.S. Forest Service is revising the official forest plan that guides land management on the Tongass National Forest, and the public will have an opportunity to weigh in on those revisions.

The agency is starting a multi-year process to adapt to significant changes in Southeast Alaska using the best science and…