Forests

July 15, 2021 | Press Release

U.S. Forest Service Looks to Reestablish Safeguards Against Logging in Tongass National Forest

Forest Service announcement is a win for climate

June 25, 2021 | Press Release

Federal Judge Rejects Destructive Revisions to Flathead National Forest Plan

Plan would have allowed road building in forest without protections for at-risk species

June 24, 2021 | Legal Document

Ruling for 2018 Flathead National Forest Revised Plan

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy agreed with the conservation groups’ challenge to these weakened plan provisions, ruling that the Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act by ignoring the threat caused by continued unauthorized use of unreclaimed roads and arbitrarily abandoning a commitment to culvert removal.

June 11, 2021 | Press Release

Biden Administration Takes Action to Protect Tongass National Forest

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

May 30, 2021 | Feature

Tenacity in the Tongass

Since the early 1970s, Earthjustice has been fighting alongside our partners to protect the Tongass from the irreparable harms of logging and extractive industries — and our court wins have saved millions of acres of old-growth trees.

May 28, 2021 | In the News: Ravalli Republic

Wildlife lawyers: Flathead plan fails grizzlies, trout

Timothy Preso, Managing Attorney, Northern Rockies Office, Earthjustice: “The new forest plan makes a massive change in on-the-ground conditions without any study of the effects.”

April 23, 2021 | Case

Defending Roadless Areas in the Tongass National Forest

Tongass roadless areas are needed to maintain healthy populations of many wildlife species. It is vital for the region's tourism industry, as well as commercial fishing, subsistence, and recreation.