The National Roadless Rule was rolled back for America’s last great rainforest by the Trump administration, threatening millions of acres of undeveloped national forest lands

Thanks to collective advocacy, 9 million acres of Tongass National Forest are no longer threatened by new clear-cut logging.

The Biden administration announced unprecedented protections for Tongass National Forest, which Earthjustice has long defended.

U.S. Forest Service revisits Trump rollback of Roadless Rule

In a multi-year litigation effort, a diverse coalition of Alaska Native, tourism industry, and environmental organizations successfully challenged the Bush administration’s 2003 rule “temporarily” exempting southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest — the nation’s largest and wildest — from the landmark 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. More than a decade later, Earthjustice and our clients went…

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

Old-growth trees in the Tongass National Forest serve as an excellent buffer against climate change. 111 scientists called on the Biden administration to include strong protections for these forests as a climate measure.

50 organizations called on President Joe Biden to include long-term protections for the Tongass National Forest and other mature, carbon-dense forests as part of his administration's international climate commitments.

Biden administration expected to release international climate commitments ahead of Earth Day summit on April 22

Earthjustice's Alaska regional office filed a complaint on behalf of five Alaska Native Tribes, small businesses and conservation organizations.

Time is running out to curb carbon emissions, but Tongass logging will only make climate change worse

Alaska Native Tribes, businesses, and conservation groups have filed a lawsuit to defend southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest from clearcutting and mining.

Tongass National Forest jeopardized by push to abandon Roadless Rule and allow new logging

A broad range of stakeholders facing harm from proposed Roadless Rule exemption travel to D.C. to explain impact

Indigenous women from Southeast Alaska traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for the Tongass National Forest and the Roadless Rule.

As my family and others decorate our Christmas trees, some of their oldest-remaining ancestors are at risk of being chopped down.

Court leaves rules in place that protect Tongass rainforest wildlands from damaging logging, road construction

Earthjustice urges the U.S. Forest Service to end large-scale, old-growth logging much faster in its final plan.