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.
"Roadless Rule"
Remember that hunting trip Donald Trump Jr. had planned for Alaska? It’s happening.
The owner of Coastal Alaska Adventures said they still intend to go on the trip, but the weather in the region is hindering their plans.
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.
Watchdog group sues Forest Service for release of Tongass timber sales audit
Elected officials and residents in Petersburg have also asked about lost revenues from past timber sales and what’s been done to correct oversight.
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.
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.