A federal judge rejected an enormous commercial timber harvest and road-building plan for Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest of Southeast Alaska.
TAKE ACTION NOW – ROADLESS RULE EXEMPTION
In October, the Forest Service released its Tongass Roadless Exemption Draft Environmental Impact Statement with six alternatives. All but the first, No Action alternative would gut current roadless areas, but the last one is the agency's preferred alternative and intends to completely abolish the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule.
