Tongass National Forest is one of the largest intact temperate forests in the world, covering an area of around 16.7 million acres.
The rule puts limitations on logging and road construction in vast swathes of forest across the country. However, the logging industry and supportive lawmakers in the state have long sought to overturn the rule to further exploit the forest's vast natural resources for profit.
Subsequently, the agency put together a draft Environmental Impact Statement, examining six possible alternatives ranging from"no action" to the removal of Tongass from the 2001 Roadless Rule,As part of this process, the FS provided Alaska with $2 million in federal funds to facilitate engagement with various groups, including state officials, Alaska tribes and native corporations, organizations, and individuals.
This full exemption would open up more than half of Tongass—around 9.2 million acres—to industry and remove restrictions that prevent mass clearcutting of trees in ancient forested areas. "We've been here for thousands of years. These are our lands and we depend on the Tongass for food security," Joel Jackson, 63, president of the organized village of Kake, who will testify on Wednesday, told."Tribes everywhere are worried and watching very closely at what they're trying to do in Alaska."
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