ALASKA — The US Forest Service is moving forward with a plan to harvest over 5,000 acres of trees in the Tongass National Forest, just east of Ketchikan. A majority of that will be old-growth trees, which some people worry will be devastating to the forest. The Forest Service released the final environmental impact statement for the South Revilla project earlier this month. It would allow for the harvest of over 4,000 acres of old-growth timber, and over 1,000 acres of young growth timber. …Cathy Tighe, a district ranger, says the …project includes construction of new trails, a cabin, boat launches and outhouses. …The Ketchikan-area plans were originally introduced in 2016, under the first Trump administration, but were shelved in 2020 with the change in administrations. …Critics say that old-growth logging projects of this scale will be devastating. …There is a 45-day objection period that follows the release of the final environmental impact statement.