The 2001 National Roadless Rule protects the Tongass’ old-growth trees and keeps large portions of the Tongass wild and un-roaded. In 2018 the US Forest Service started working with the State of Alaska to develop an Alaska-specific Roadless Rule, a poorly-veiled attempt to prop up a declining timber industry. Alaskans came out in force to write comments, come to public meetings, and tell the Forest Service to KEEP Roadless on the Tongass. Beginning this spring, the public will once again have the opportunity to defend the National Roadless Rule on the Tongass. Sign our pledge if you are willing to stand up for the Tongass to keep it roadless and wild!  

In December, shortly before the holidays and the start of the government shutdown, SEACC and several of our allies filed objections on the proposed Record of Decision and Final Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Forest Service for the Prince of Wales Landscape Level Analysis Project (POWLLAP).  One objection focused on the agency’s failure to consider and respond to the concerns raised over spraying herbicides on invasive plants. The other targeted the harmful environmental and economic impacts from the proposed decision to log roughly 24,000 acres of old-growth forest and build roughly 150 miles of road. The proposed development will impact salmon habitat, wildlife, and the people who depend on these valuable resources over the next 15 years.