KINY Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council will mark the change in the national administration with a webinar scheduled for Noon Thursday and how that change and the change in leadership in Congress could affect the Tongass National Forest.
Executive Director Meredith Trainor says the presentation is entitled, Blue Congress - Green Tongass. Trainor will host a conversation with Leah Donahey who is the legislative director for the Alaska Wilderness League.
As a lobbyist based in Washington, D. C., Trainor says Donahey will provide a behind the scene look at the political shift in the nation s capital and new opportunities for legislation that could enshrine Roadless Rule protections for the Tongass. The Alaska Specific Roadless Rule enacted by the Trump Administration exempts the Tongass from the rule.
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Feds shouldn’t have approved $2 million ‘Roadless Rule’ grant to Alaska, inspector general says
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Print article U.S. Forest Service officials should not have approved a modified $2 million grant to be used for the state’s push to lift the controversial Roadless Rule from the Tongass National Forest, according to an Inspector General report published Dec. 18. The report concludes that the process used by the Forest Service to give the state the money and the ultimate use of the funds both ran afoul of federal laws and regulations. The $2 million was first provided to the state via the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act but state Department of Natural Resources officials requested the grant be modified to allow the state to spend the money to participate in the Roadless Rule determination. Forest Service officials approved the funding change in August 2018 because they said, according to the report, that they needed to act quickly so the state could u
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An Inspector General report released Dec. 18 found that a $2 million grant to the State of Alaska was improperly used on work to support repealing the “Roadless Rule.” (Photo/Courtesy/US Forest Service)
U.S. Forest Service officials should not have approved a modified $2 million grant to be used for the state’s push to lift the controversial Roadless Rule from the Tongass National Forest, according to an Inspector General report published Dec. 18.
The report concludes that the process used by the Forest Service to give the state the money and the ultimate use of the funds both ran afoul of federal laws and regulations.