A federal watchdog agency says the U.S. Forest Service acted illegally when it awarded a $2 million firefighting grant to the state of Alaska in 2018.
Timber
Lumber prices start to level off after skyrocketing this summer
Lumber prices have gone up dramatically since the pandemic disrupted the supply chain — but people are still building.
Tongass Roadless Rule exemption leaves subsistence users feeling left behind
Southeast Alaskans who rely on the Tongass National Forest for food say the Trump administration’s decision to lift the Roadless Rule threatens their way of life.
Alaskans react to Trump Administration’s Roadless Rule rollback in the Tongass
The Trump administration’s decision could be reversed through a court challenge or an act of Congress. Alternatively, another presidential administration could revisit the rule — but that would require public comment, meetings and another multi-year process.
Trump administration will eliminate roadless protections for Alaska’s Tongass forest
Wednesday’s announcement, in a preliminary version of a government publication called the Federal Register, was broadly expected.
‘Another broken promise’: Tribes say feds ignored their input on Roadless Rule exemption for Tongass
Last month the Forest Service started a 30-day clock to completely exempt Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule.