Judge Halts Trump’s Tongass Logging Plans
A reprieve for America’s salmon forest. A federal judge in Alaska has blocked the Trump administration’s plans to open the Tongass National Forest to logging …
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Watchdog Probes Federal Grant Used To Bolster Alaska’s Timber Industry
Your tax dollars at work. The Agriculture Department’s inspector general has opened an inquiry into whether the Forest Service broke any rules after federal funds …
Logging Companies Can Help Pick Which Trees Should Be Cut In The Tongass
More dismantling of environmental protections by the current admin. Newly released documents show the Trump administration has struck an unusual deal with the state of …
There’s A Reason They Call It America’s Salmon Forest
A recently-published 10-year study estimates the value of what the Tongass and Chugach National Forests contribute to Alaska’s commercial salmon industry — and the numbers are sizeable. …
What’s the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?
Alaska’s Tongass and Chugach National Forests provide many different things to the people who rely on them for food, recreation or a living, but because …
Let It Be: Why We Must Save Alaska’s Pristine Tongass Forest
Author, novelist, photographer and Alaska native Kim Heacox with a powerful essay on why we must save the Tongass. At 17 million acres, Alaska’s Tongass …
Alaska is the last frontier, therefore we must destroy it!
Trump now has an unholy trinity of major policy proposals to his name that would forever destroy three of the largest and most pristine ecosystems …
TAKE ACTION: Help protect the Tongass National Forest
The Tongass is our nation’s largest national forest and contains the greatest remaining area of old-growth temperate rainforest in North America. The U.S. Forest Service …