TCS submitted comments to the US Forest Service in response to its draft rulemaking, “Special Areas, Roadless Area Conservation: National Forest System Lands in Alaska” (RIN: 0596-AD51), published on November 23, 2021. In 2020, the Forest Service finalized a rule to remove prohibitions against logging and roadbuilding -aka “roadless” protections – in 9.2 million acres of the Tongass National Forest. Without those protections, money-losing timber sales would have likely increased. Repealing the 2020 rule and ending the Tongass exemption to the national 2001 Roadless Rule is the right move for taxpayers.
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Comments to the US Forest Service on Restoring Alaska Roadless Protections
The US Forest Service sought comments on its draft rule to restore roadless protections in the Tongass National Forest
TCS submitted comments to the US Forest Service in response to its draft rulemaking, “Special Areas, Roadless Area Conservation: National Forest System Lands in Alaska” (RIN: 0596-AD51), published on November 23, 2021. In 2020, the Forest Service finalized a rule to remove prohibitions against logging and roadbuilding -aka “roadless” protections – in 9.2 million acres of the Tongass National Forest. Without those protections, money-losing timber sales would have likely increased. Repealing the 2020 rule and ending the Tongass exemption to the national 2001 Roadless Rule is the right move for taxpayers.
Download or read our comments below.
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