PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, Alaska — Thousands of acres in southeast Alaska are ready for a second wave of logging, but is the timber industry ready to cut them? That's the big question as the Forest Service and political leaders make decisions that will shape the future of the Tongass National Forest, one of the world's last intact temperate rainforests and the biggest national forest in the United States.

HOONAH, Alaska — If young-growth timber catches on in the Tongass National Forest, people like Wes Tyler may lead the way.