by Nathan Newcomer | Aug 2, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Tongass
UPDATE: The comment period has closed! Thanks to everyone who commented! The National Old Growth Amendment was introduced by the USDA as “a first-of-its-kind proposal to amend all 128 forest land management plans” to conserve old-growth forest conditions in response...
by Nathan Newcomer | Jun 20, 2024 | Blog, Featured, Tongass
Big news for big trees? The Biden Administration has released draft plans for old-growth protections in our National Forests. What does that mean for the Tongass? Well, it’ll take some deep reading to know for sure, but you know we’re up to the challenge. Meanwhile,...
by Nathan Newcomer | Apr 3, 2024 | Blog, Featured
Earlier this year, Alaska’s (now former) State Forester, Helge Eng, said the Division of Forestry & Fire Prevention and the Alaska Mental Health Trust are “charged with essentially maintaining a timber supply to keep the (logging) industry going until federal...
