Tongass

The Latest On: Tongass

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.

April 10, 2018 | Letter

Letter to oppose State of Alaska’s petition to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule

More than 90 organizations, including Earthjustice, have signed on to a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture opposing the State of Alaska’s petition for rulemaking to exempt the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from the Roadless Rule.