WASHINGTON, DC, July 19, 2021 (ENS) – Across the entire 16.7 million acres of the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska, full Roadless Rule protections are being restored and there will be an end to large-scale old-growth timber sales… […]
WASHINGTON, DC, October 28, 2020 (ENS) – President Donald Trump’s administration has finalized plans to reverse roadless protections for the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska that have been in place for nearly 20 years. On Wednesday, the Department of Agriculture released its final decision, opening up 9.4 million acres of the largest old-growth temperate rainforest in North America to logging and roadbuilding. […]
JUNEAU, Alaska, September 14, 2020 (ENS) – The Trump administration has announced plans for a timber sale that would destroy more than 5,100 acres of old-growth habitat in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. At 16.7 million acres, the Tongass is the largest intact temperate rainforest left on Earth. As a global carbon sink, it eases the worst of climate change and offers habitat for eagles, bears, wolves, and salmon. […]
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