Tongass

July 29, 2015 | Feature

Saving the Forest for the Trees

Alaska's Tongass National Forest is home to centuries-old trees and rivers flowing among thousands of islands. It is also the last forest where the fight continues to keep timber sales out of roadless areas.

February 4, 2020 | Press Release

Federal Court to Hear Arguments on Prince of Wales Timber Sale

Oral argument scheduled for Feb. 7 in Juneau

January 27, 2020 | Press Release

Forest Service Paying Timber Industry to Pick Which Trees It Wants in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

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

December 16, 2019 | Press Release

Trump Administration Blasted for Plan to Allow Old-growth Clearcutting in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

More than 400,000 comments sent to U.S. Forest Service in defense of cherished national forest

November 12, 2019 | Press Release

USFS, Lawmakers to Hear Alaska Native, Southeast Alaskan Perspectives on Newest Threat to Tongass National Forest

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

October 15, 2019 | Press Release

Trump Administration Paves Way for Old-growth Clearcutting in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Forest Service proposal would gut protections across 9 million acres of America’s largest national forest

September 23, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Halting Old-Growth Timber Sale in Tongass National Forest

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

September 23, 2019 | Legal Document

Preliminary Injunction Granted on Prince of Wales

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.

September 19, 2019 | In the News: Mother Jones