In Kake, Alaska, protecting a temperate rainforest means protecting a way of life.

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.

Provision adopted as part of Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act

New Vilsack guidance to Forest Service falls short of protecting key forests

Para detener la crisis de biodiversidad, de la cual depende la vida silvestre, debemos proteger las tierras y las aguas públicas

To stop the biodiversity crisis, we must protect public lands and waters that wildlife depend on.

Environmental organizations call for a new national forest policy that protects old-growth and mature trees and forests

The exploration of landmark cases behind Earthjustice's rise and reinvention.

Support remains strong for protecting old-growth trees in Southeast Alaska

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

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.

The injunction prevents Mountain Coal from further destruction of the roadless forest in the West Elk Mountains until a challenge from conservation groups is resolved