Single-tree salvage logging as a response to Alaska yellow-cedar climate-induced mortality maintains ecological integrity with limited economic returns

•Fills critical knowledge gap assessing multi-use forest management to meet ecological and economic objectives.•Small-scale, single-tree salvage logging has limited impact on yellow-cedar abundance and forest successional trajectories.•Salvage logging provided small to modest economic returns.•Application best suited for meeting ecological and economic objectives in forest-dependent communities.