Forest Service Confirms Plan to Strip Roadless Protections for the Tongass

By Tim Bristol | Salmon State on Sep 25, 2020   Featured, Southeast Alaska, State  

  JUNEAU, AK—SalmonState commented on the U.S. Forest Service’s announcement Thursday, in a press release, that it will open more than 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest to taxpayer-subsidized old-growth logging and industrial development. The Forest Service said it is forging ahead with a full exemption to the Roadless Rule, something Alaska’s Congressional […]