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Biden bans roads, logging in Alaska’s Tongass
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Biden bans roads, logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The U.S. Forest Service rule restricts development on more than nine million acres in North America’s largest temperate rainforest, reversing a Trump decision.
Biden to restore protections for Tongass National Forest in Alaska
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Biden to restore protections for Tongass National Forest in Alaska

Former President Donald J. Trump invited mining and logging to a vast wilderness of bald eagles, black bears and 800-year-old trees. President Biden is reversing course.
Biden plans to restore protections to Tongass National Forest stripped under Trump
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Biden plans to restore protections to Tongass National Forest stripped under Trump

The administration says it will “repeal or replace” the rule that opened up more than half of Tongass National Forest to logging.
A 30-mile canoe trip through Alaska's Tongass National Forest
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A 30-mile canoe trip through Alaska's Tongass National Forest

The Honker Divide Canoe Route draws intrepid travelers through the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest. But the lifting of logging restrictions may indelibly alter its character.
Trump administration to announce plan to open Tongass forest to logging
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Trump administration to announce plan to open Tongass forest to logging

The effort to open the Alaskan wilderness area, the nation’s largest national forest, has been in the works for about two years.
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