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Biden Restores Vital Protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest Gutted by Trump

By Brett Wilkins | Common Dreams on Jan 26, 2023   Featured, General News, Southeast Alaska  

Biden Restores Vital Protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest Gutted by Trump

“This is great news for the forest, the salmon, the wildlife, and the people who depend on intact ecosystems to support their ways of life and livelihoods,” said one advocate. Indigenous and green groups on Wednesday applauded the Biden administration for reinstating protections for millions of acres of wilderness in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest that […]

Natural Resources Committee to consider strengthening roadless area protections

By Corey Himrod | Alaska Wilderness League on May 12, 2022   Featured, General News, Politics, Southeast Alaska  

Natural Resources Committee to consider strengthening roadless area protections

Indigenous and conservation groups welcome the hearing, emphasizing the urgency to provide more durable protections for critical areas of national forests WASHINGTON – The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands will hold a hearing on Wednesday to consider the Roadless Area Conservation Act. Introduced in 2021 by Reps. […]

Biden Administration Moves to Restore Protections for Tongass National Forest

By Emily Deanne | Natural Resources Defense Council on Jun 11, 2021   Featured, General News, Southeast Alaska  

Biden Administration Moves to Restore Protections for Tongass National Forest

WASHINGTON (June 11, 2021) — The Biden administration today announced it will consider restoring protections for the 9 million acres of Tongass National Forest in Alaska. The following is a statement from Niel Lawrence, Alaska director and senior attorney for the Nature program at NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council): “The is the first step toward […]

Governor Mike Dunleavy Disappointed In Biden Administration Decision To Suppress Alaska’s Economic Opportunities

By Corey Young | Office of the Governor on Jun 11, 2021   Featured, Southeast Alaska, State  

Governor Mike Dunleavy Disappointed In Biden Administration Decision To Suppress Alaska’s Economic Opportunities

(Anchorage, AK) Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy called the decision by the Biden Administration to repeal the previous administration’s plan to lift roadless rule allowing the forest to allow sensible economic activity in the Tongass National Forest a bad decision that will negatively impact Alaskans. “I am yet again disappointed in the Biden Administration’s latest suppression of […]

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