Issues
The vast majority of forested land in the U.S. is privately owned, but that land has been logged relentlessly. So lately the timber industry has turned its attention to the national forests. But the forests are much more than lumber. They provide habitat for wildlife, protection for watersheds, and recreational opportunities for everyone: hunters, fishermen, backpackers, and hikers alike.
- Our Stories
- Bears, Eagles, and Black-Tailed Deer
Preservation of the Tongass National Forest on the panhandle of Southeast Alaska has been a major preoccupation of Earthjustice since the earliest days. Tom Turner describes how it all began.
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Tongass Wilderness Injunction Buys TimeCourt rules Forest Service cannot continue to approve timber sales in roadless areas while simultaneously considering the very same areas for wilderness protection. The Forest and the TreesLogging in the Pacific northwest had just about wiped out the northern spotted owl by 1980. What followed was ten years of political mayhem.Starting after World War II, and accelerating rapidly with the administration of Ronald Reagan, the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest were being felled at a rate that would seem to make them disappear altogether within decades. Litigation to save the northern spotted owl from extinction slowed the rate of logging dramatically in the nick of time. Bears, Eagles, and Black-Tailed DeerPreservation of the Tongass National Forest on the panhandle of Southeast Alaska has been a major preoccupation of Earthjustice since the earliest days. Tom Turner describes how it all began. |
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