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tongass national forest protections

What’s going on with the Tongass?

Newly reinstated protections continue decades of conflict over a 17 million-acre national forest in Alaska.
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Biden administration reinstates roadless rule for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The Biden administration said Friday it would prohibit road building in half of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, resurrecting 20-year-old protections Donald Trump had stripped three months before leaving office.
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Alaska tribes petition to preserve Tongass National Forest roadless protections
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Alaska tribes petition to preserve Tongass National Forest roadless protections

With a decision pending that is likely to open the forest to logging, tribal governments request a new rulemaking process.
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Alaska judge stalls logging in Tongass National Forest

Alaska judge stalls logging in Tongass National Forest

A U.S. District Court judge in Alaska ruled against the Trump administration late Wednesday, sidelining its plans to open logging in part of the state’s Tongass National Forest.
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New roads in Tongass National Forest could harm bears
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New roads in Tongass National Forest could harm bears

The Trump administration is moving ahead with an ill-advised plan.

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This Alaskan forest eats a ton of carbon. The Trump Administration wants to let loggers cut it down.

It's as big as the entire state of West Virginia.
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Trump wants to log an enormous Alaska forest. These Native women traveled 3,000 miles to stop it
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Trump wants to log an enormous Alaska forest. These Native women traveled 3,000 miles to stop it

"It doesn't seem like anybody is screaming the sky is falling and it is."
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