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Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced a rollback of the Roadless Rule

Allowing logging and roadbuilding on now protected lands in the Tongass National Forest is a deeply unpopular action that poses grave harm to the forest

The bill would permanently codify the U.S. Forest Service’s roadless rule into federal law, protecting over 50 million acres of national forests from logging and other development

Timber interests try to force more old-growth logging sales in the Tongass National Forest

A coalition of conservation groups, Alaska tribes, a commercial fishing advocacy group and an ecotourism operator request to intervene in a timber industry legal challenge that seeks to revive industrial old-growth logging in the Tongass National Forest.

The Trump administration’s agenda to repeal Roadless Rule protections on the Tongass doesn’t square with a popular vision of sustainable local economies dependent on intact forest ecosystems

Earthjustice will continue to work with clients and partners to protect Alaska’s public lands and hasten the clean energy transition to build a vibrant and thriving state

U.S. Forest Service officials are traveling throughout Southeast Alaska to hear from residents about how they want our nation’s largest forest managed in coming decades.

The National Roadless Rule, now reinstated on the Tongass National Forest, safeguards vast tracts of old-growth forest that serve as important carbon sinks.

Earthjustice is in court fighting the state of Alaska and industry representatives as they try to undo the safeguards that keep the Tongass standing.

Comments call for addressing major gaps on selling old growth and protecting mature forests

Legal intervention seeks to retain forest protections that support Tribes, communities, and sustainable local economies

A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups, and other forest advocates are seeking to defend the reinstatement of National Roadless Rule protections across the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska by intervening in several legal challenges opposing the rule.

In Kake, Alaska, protecting a temperate rainforest means protecting a way of life.

Public comment period concludes for proposed rulemaking on how BLM manages federal land

Comments from 21 organizations on proposed rulemaking for how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages federal land

A legal victory means Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument will remain protected from destructive commercial logging.

The National Roadless Rule was rolled back for America’s last great rainforest by the Trump administration, threatening millions of acres of undeveloped national forest lands