Lawsuit challenges Tongass Roadless rollback
Posted by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Dec 23, 2020
A coalition including environmental groups, tribes and fishermen filed a 50-page lawsuit on Wednesday to restore Roadless Rule protections to 9 million acres of Tongass National Forest.
Alaska’s governor and Congressional delegation applauded the Trump administration’s decision to exempt the Tongass from the Clinton-era Roadless Rule, which restricts development on federal forestlands. Supporters say the rollback will boost Southeast Alaska’s ability to log trees, extract minerals and boost hydroelectric energy production on federal forestland.
But a coalition of Southeast Alaska tribes, fishermen and environmentalists argue the decision disregarded overwhelming opposition from Alaskans for the sake of a few hundred timber jobs.
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For Immediate Release, December 23, 2020
Contact:
Robert Starbard, Hoonah Indian Association, robert.starbard@hiatribe.org
Lee Wallace, Organized Village of Saxman, (907) 617-3128, iragovt@kpunet.net|
Linda Behnken, Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association, (907) 738-3615
Hunter McIntosh, The Boat Company, hunter@theboatcompany.com
Dan Blanchard, Uncruise, danb@uncruise.com
Sally Schlichting, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC), (907) 957-3488, sally@seacc.org
Becky Knight, Alaska Rainforest Defenders, bknight15@icloud.com
Corey Himrod, Alaska Wilderness League, (202) 266-0426, corey@alaskawild.org
Anne Hawke, Natural Resources Defense Council, (646) 823-4518, ahawke@nrdc.org
Gwen Dobbs, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 329-9295, gdobbs@defenders.org
Katherine Quaid, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), (541) 325-1058, katherine@wecaninternational.org