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USDA Forest Service Moves to Open 1,600+ Acres of Alaska’s Tongass to Logging
The project would make 26.8 million board feet of old-growth timber available and could support 113 to 121 timber-industry jobs, Forest Service estimates.
- On Friday, the Forest Service opened a 45-day public comment period on a proposal to open 1,655 acres of Alaska's Tongass National Forest to logging for the Twin Mountain Timber Sale.
- The Twin Mountain Timber Sale project would yield about 26.8 million board feet of old-growth timber on Prince, Wales Island, generating up to $6.65 million in labor income and supporting 113 to 121 jobs for Alaskans.
- Tongass National Forest Supervisor Monique Nelson said in an official statement that providing timber to the American people is a "central part of the Forest Service's mission" and fulfills the agency's multiple-use mandate.
- Kate Glover, senior attorney at Earthjustice, warned that the Tongass stores 20% of carbon across United States national forests, arguing the proposal will "irrevocably harm" the landscape.
- The Forest Service is accepting public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement until June 7, 2026, as the broader 2001 Roadless Rule protecting roughly 60 million acres of National Forest System land remains under review.
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USDA Forest Service Moves to Open 1,600+ Acres of Alaska’s Tongass to Logging
The fight for the largest intact temperate forest in the United States continues with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service announcing on Friday, April 24, that it will open 1,655 acres of Alaska's Tongass National Forest to logging.
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