Alaska's Tongass National Forest logging restrictions reinstated - NPR
网页2023年1月25日 · JUNEAU, Alaska — A federal agency said Wednesday it is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the country's largest national forest in southeast Alaska, the latest move in a...
A logging loophole is clear-cutting the Tongass National Forest - Grist
网页2022年3月28日 · The Tongass has been the heart of the logging industry in Alaska for decades, starting in the 1950s with the arrival of pulp mills. It was at its zenith in 1990, employing crews in the...
Biden Bans Roads and Logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
网页2023年1月25日 · WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it has banned logging and road-building on about nine million acres of the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, aiming to...
The Forest Service bets on second-growth logging in Alaska
网页2015年1月6日 · One damp, gray day in June, Gordon Chew, a 59-year-old carpenter, logger and small sawmill owner from the island community of Tenakee Springs, Alaska, was doing something he’s been doing a...
In new challenges to Alaska forest’s ‘Roadless Rule,’ pro-logging ...
网页2023年9月20日 · Roads are needed for intensive logging. The state of Alaska challenged the rule in court, and the federal government agreed to exempt much of Alaska from it.
Logging in Southeast Alaska - ArcGIS StoryMaps
网页2019年12月10日 · The extreme terrain, climate, and high running costs in Southeast Alaska making logging the area not economical for current industries. All may change, however, as the current US Department of Agriculture is trying once again to establish a timber market and reopen the Tongass to logging.
Tongass National Forest Loses Restrictions on Logging and …
网页2020年10月29日 · Tongass National Forest Loses Restrictions on Logging and Road Development. Located in Alaska, the United States’ largest National Forest provides temperate rainforest habitat for bald eagles,...
Biden ends large-scale logging on huge Alaska rainforest
网页WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday that it is ending large-scale, old-growth timber sales in the country’s largest national forest — the Tongass National Forest in Alaska —...
A new way to profit from ancient Alaskan forests—leave them …
网页2020年2月7日 · In the Tongass National Forest, threatened by expanded logging, a Native-owned corporation is being paid to leave some old-growth trees standing.
Road, logging restrictions to end in largest national forest
网页2020年10月28日 · JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The federal government announced plans Wednesday to lift restrictions on logging and building roads in a pristine rainforest in Alaska that provides habitat for wolves, bears and salmon. Conservation groups vowed to …