A coalition of rainforest defenders, represented by Earthjustice, successfully halted a massive commercial timber sale on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service had green-lighted a sweeping 15-year logging scheme over a 1.8-million-acre project area across Prince of Wales and surrounding islands, part of a program dubbed the Prince…

Earthjustice is defending the Tongass National Forest, a key weapon in fighting climate change

Litigation wraps up, preserving legal victory halting massive timber sale in Tongass National Forest

In a victory for Earthjustice on behalf of 8 conservation organizations, a federal judge sent a massive timber sale back to the drawing board.

Decision resolves question of whether Alaska timber sale would be allowed proceed, despite illegal approval by U.S. Forest Service

Protecting trees, particularly old-growth trees in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, is a win for local communities and for the climate.

Court order from the U.S. District Court of Alaska, granting the motion for summary judgment

Decision is a win for subsistence hunters and families on Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island

Oral argument scheduled for Feb. 7 in Juneau

Documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act detail close collaboration linking logging interests, Forest Service, and State of Alaska

An Alaska federal district judge granted a preliminary injunction for the initial phase of the Prince of Wales Timber Sale in Alaska's Tongass National Forest on Sept. 23, 2019.

Initial phase of staggering logging project placed on hold a day before bids were scheduled to open

Earthjustice is representing eight conservation groups in a lawsuit challenging the proposed Prince of Wales timber sale, the largest logging project in a generation.

Prince of Wales Island sale would harm habitat and the local economy

Largest logging project in the country in more than 30 years is moving forward on Prince of Wales Island