The U.S. Forest Service releases a final environmental impact statement moving forward with the largest old-growth logging project on the Tongass in years ÁAK’W KWÁAN AANÍ / JUNEAU, ALASKA – The U.S. Forest Service is reviving a massive old-growth logging project that covers more than 40,000 acres on the southern part of Revilla Island east […]
Tribes, municipalities, conservation groups stand together in support of protections for vital Southeast Alaska rainforest JUNEAU (ÁAKʼW ḴWÁAN TERRITORY) — The US Department of Agriculture announced the release of its Notice of Intent to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule nationwide, including on the Tongass National Forest, initiating a condensed public process with a comment period […]
“The Trump administration’s move to gut this bedrock protection is nothing more than a handout to logging interests at the expense of clean water, wildlife, and local communities,” said one advocate The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday moved to rescind a conservation policy dating back nearly 25 years that has protected more than 45 million acres […]
Ketchikan, AK – In a powerful statement of resistance, President Gloria Ilsxileé Stáng Burns of the Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC) condemned ongoing efforts to lift protections from the Tongass National Forest, warning that the future of Indigenous communities and ecosystems alike hang in the balance. “We, the people of Kichxáan, are the Tongass,” Burns declared. […]