Forests

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

January 15, 2020 | Press Release

Earthjustice Endorses McCollum Legislation to Protect the Boundary Waters

Iconic wilderness, one of the most-visited in the U.S., protected from sulfide-ore mining in new bill

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 27, 2019 | Article

Big Victory for Mega-Trees and for the Climate

Protecting trees, particularly old-growth trees in Tongass National Forest, is key to protecting the climate.

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

August 23, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Smog Standard Too Weak To Protect Forests, Court Rules

Court rejects polluters’ claims that standards are too protective

August 23, 2019 | Legal Document

Court Ruling: Smog Standard Too Weak To Protect Forests

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the current national ambient air quality standards for ozone are too weak to protect the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will now have to set standards that actually protect forests, as the Clean Air Act requires.