Elected officials and residents in Petersburg have also asked about lost revenues from past timber sales and what’s been done to correct oversight.
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Trump administration starts 30-day countdown to exempt Tongass from ‘Roadless Rule’
The Trump administration announced last week that it’s planning a full rollback of the Clinton-era “Roadless Rule” for the Tongass National Forest.
Forest Service forging ahead with full Roadless Rule exemption for Tongass despite public opposition
Nearly 200 people testified at 18 hearings last year specifically geared towards people who rely on the forest for their way of life — and large majorities supported keeping the rule in place.
South Revilla old growth logging proposal moves forward in Tongass
Conservationists are sounding the alarm over the project near Ketchikan, and the timber industry has raised questions over whether it would be viable.
Indigenous leaders are reimagining Vogue covers to get the word out on Tongass
The Vogue Tongass posts are linked to a website that helps people generate letters to their local elected officials and the Secretary of the USDA.
For Tongass projects, critics say environmental rollback could cut the public out of the process
In the Tongass National Forest, this comes at a time when sweeping management changes were already underway.