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In Brief: Protect the Tongass National Forest from excessive logging, mining, and road builiding; defend Native subsistence rights; protect Arctic wildlands from excessive oil and gas drilling.

Quick Facts Year opened: 1978 Number of staff: 10 Appeals court: Ninth Circuit Focus: Forests, Wildlife, Public Lands, Water	Meet Earthjustice Eric Jorgensen reflects on a life devoted to protecting species, habitats, and ecosystems across Alaska, from the Tongass National Forest to the Arctic. Learn More About Eric
Our Stories Bears, Eagles, and Black-Tailed Deer Preservation of the Tongass National Forest on the panhandle of Southeast Alaska has been a major preoccupation of Earthjustice since the earliest days. Tom Turner describes how it all began. Read More about the Tongass
Recent Victories House Votes Again to Stop Subsidizing Logging in the Tongass Legislation seeks to protect America's largest intact temperate rainforest, sustainable economies dependent on it, and even save taxpayers money. Timber Harvest on Native Lands in the Tongass Stopped A judge refused to let timber harvesting occur on Kuiu Island, a Native subsistence area of the Tongass National Forest because the U.S. Forest Service used misleading market information when issuing a permit. Shell-Shocked in the Arctic An appeals court rules that Shell Offshore, Inc., must stay away from the Beaufort Sea at least through the winter of '07/08.