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.

March 20, 2019 | Blog Post

‘It Is the Largest National Forest, and I’m Going to Keep It That Way’

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

November 19, 2018 | Press Release

Longtime Environmental Advocate Winsome McIntosh Becomes Earthjustice Trustee

McIntosh has been part of the Earthjustice family for over 40 years

October 31, 2018 | Press Release

Earthjustice Opposes Forest Service Plans for Massive Timber Sale in Tongass National Forest

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

October 22, 2018 | Feature

Insider Briefing: Meet Abigail Dillen

New President Abigail Dillen discusses her vision for Earthjustice’s future as the organization battles the assault on environmental safeguards and pushes for a rapid shift to 100% clean energy.

August 2, 2018 | Press Release

USDA Announces Effort to Strip National Forest Protections in Alaska

The agency plans an Alaska-only version of Roadless Rule that will open wildlands to logging

August 1, 2018 | Press Release

Earthjustice Praises New Legislation to Protect National Forests

Legislation would enshrine the 2001 protections of wild forests in law

May 18, 2018 | Press Release: Victory

Earthjustice Statement on the Farm “Harm” Bill

Farm bill dies in U.S. House of Representatives

May 16, 2018 | Press Release

Alaskans Challenge Old Growth Timber Sale in Tongass National Forest

Kuiu Timber Sale would harm local businesses and wildlife

May 16, 2018 | Legal Document

Kuiu Timber Sale Complaint

Local conservation and business interests represented by Earthjustice sued the U.S. Forest Service to stop an old-growth timber sale on Kuiu Island in the Tongass National Forest. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Alaska, says the Forest Service’s environmental analysis is 11 years old and fails to consider new threats from the proposed 13.6 million board foot sale on North Kuiu Island.

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