The location of some of the work has been hotly debated, because it’s happening on Prince of Wales Island land that’s slated for a controversial timber sale.
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Dunleavy introduces 4 bills linked to ‘open for business’ theme
The bills would decrease the unemployment insurance tax rate paid by businesses and change regulations on professional licenses, timber sales and geothermal development.
Activists take to social media as comment period for Roadless Rule draws to a close
Environmental groups increasingly tried to get the word out to encourage people to weigh-in. Those conversations have taken place in physical spaces and also, increasingly, online.
Dunleavy defends the use of a federal grant used for Roadless Rule decision
The state of Alaska used more than $200,000 of that federal grant money, typically designated for fire prevention, to pay an industry group for more perspective on economic timber sales.
Why was fire prevention funding used on the Roadless Rule process in Alaska? Congress members want to know.
Two Congress members want to know why a grant, typically used to prevent wildfires, was given to the state of Alaska to work on this.
How would lifting the Roadless Rule change Tongass logging? Not much, both sides say.
At a U.S. House hearing Wednesday, people for and against the rule agreed that removing the roadless restrictions won’t make much difference for an industry that’s already in a steep decline.