Southeast again debates Tongass roadless rule

 

December 2, 2021



After 20 years, Southeast communities, the state and federal government are still debating whether road building should be banned in most of the Tongass National Forest.

The Department of Agriculture is accepting public comments through Jan. 24 on a proposed rule change to restore roadless protections to much of the Tongass. The nationwide roadless rule was implemented in 2001 under President Bill Clinton; subject to two decades of litigation and political maneuvering that failed to upend the rule in the Tongass; then overturned in late 2020 under President Donald Trump; and now the new adm...



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