In this way, they are able to make the most efficient use of the long periods of daylight.
The other big timberland in Alaska is the Chugach National Forest.

It is a smaller edition of the Tongass Forest.

Its trees are not so large and the stand of timber only about one-half as heavy as in the Tongass.

Experts estimate that it contains 7,000,000,000 board feet of lumber.

Western hemlock predominates.
There is also much spruce, poplar and birch.