Analysis by the Woodwell Climate Research Center found that the Tongass National Forest holds 44% of all the carbon stored by the United States’ national forests.
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Conservation group says Obama should be tougher on Tongass
A federal proposal to make Southeast Alaska’s logging industry sustainable while preserving old growth in the Tongass National Forest does too little, too slowly, according to one conservation group.
Science societies oppose old-growth logging
More scientists have joined a campaign to stop old-growth logging in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.
Report: Second-growth logging can start now
Two Oregon researchers, one an industry consultant and the other an environmental activist, say the transition to harvesting younger trees can happen within five years, a half to a third of what the Forest Service expects.