Alaskan Frustrations Mount as NPFMC Council Discards Concerns Raised and Continues Pro-Trawl Policies at Meeting Held in Oregon

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Alaskan Frustrations Mount as NPFMC Council Discards Concerns Raised and Continues Pro-Trawl Policies at Meeting Held in Oregon

Juneau, AK:  A headline in Under Current News published June 9th read: “North Pacific Council Bucks Critics, Preserves Status Quo for Alaska Trawlers”.  This is not the news that Alaskan coastal communities and fishermen were hoping for.  The North Pacific Fishery Management Council at their June meeting, which ended Tuesday, decided once again to postpone […]

Forest Service Confirms Plan to Strip Roadless Protections for the Tongass

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Forest Service Confirms Plan to Strip Roadless Protections for the Tongass

  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 […]