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Places protected by 1990 Tongass Timber Reform Act:

Legislated Land Use Designation II (LUD II): Congress designated these places in the Tongass Timber Reform Act. The Forest Service must permanently manage them in a roadless state to maintain their wildland character “because of their critical importance for fish and wildlife habitat and their high value to tourism and recreation.”

This designation prohibits commercial logging and most (but not all) roads. It allows timber salvage, personal use of wood (for cabin logs, firewood, etc.), motorized vehicle use on freshwater, mining development, aquaculture and fish hatcheries, and some water and power development.

  • Yakutat Forelands
  • Berners Bay
  • Anan
  • Kadashan
  • Lisianski River
  • Mt. Calder/Mt. Holbrook
  • Nutkwa
  • Outside Islands
  • Trap Bay
  • Point Adolphus/Mud Bay
  • Naha
  • Salmon Bay

Wilderness:

  • Pleasant-Lemesurier Islands
  • Young Lake
  • South Etolin
  • Chuck River
  • Karta
  • Kuiu

Wilderness areas established in Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act:

  • Kootznoowoo Wilderness (Admiralty Island National Monument)
  • Coronation Island Wilderness
  • Endicott River Wilderness
  • Maurelle Islands Wilderness
  • Misty Fiords National Monument Wilderness
  • Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness
  • Russell Fiord Wilderness
  • South Baranof Wilderness
  • South Prince of Wales Wilderness
  • Stikine-LeConte Wilderness
  • Tebenkof Bay Wilderness
  • Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness
  • Warren Island Wilderness
  • West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness

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