Nine tribal governments in Southeast Alaska submitted a petition to the United States Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, asking for another rule making process for the Tongass National Forest.
"Alaska Roadless Rule"
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.
Forest Service kicks off Roadless Rule discussion in Juneau
The first in a series of public meetings happened in Juneau Monday night at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall.
Forest Service substantially weighed the ‘state’s preferences’ in Roadless Rule decision
The agency said a Roadless Rule exemption would allow more “flexibility” in how the nation’s largest national forest is managed.