In 30 days the Trump administration can exempt Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule. A future presidential administration could reverse it, but only by starting the multi-year rule-making process from scratch.
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More scientists have joined a campaign to stop old-growth logging in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.
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A new report says the Forest Service is wasting millions of dollars by propping up a failing Southeast Alaska timber industry.
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Two Oregon researchers, one an industry consultant and the other an environmental activist, say the transition to harvesting younger Tongass trees can happen within five years, a half to a third of what the Forest Service expects.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has named 15 people to a committee providing advice on changes in Tongass National Forest management.
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