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 […]
“The Forest Service should listen to the public and finalize policies that truly safeguard our oldest forests,” a coalition of environmental organizations advised. Green groups on Friday pointed to the more than 1 million public comments urging the U.S. Forest Service to protect old-growth forests from logging in urging the Biden administration to increase what […]
“The administration really outdid itself with a proposal that has the Forest Service walking away from managing our national forests while closing the door on public oversight.” Defenders of wildlife and biodiversity on Tuesday decried a proposal released by President Donald Trump’s Department of Agriculture that would sharply curtail the U.S. Forest Service’s ability to weigh in […]