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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been the scene of the most contentious environmental battle of the early twenty-first century, but there are many other issues raging across the state, involving logging, road-building, mining, fishing, land ownership and development, and wildlife under pressure. Much of the state is federal land, but some Alaskan interests act as if it were their private property.
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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Legislation seeks to protect America's largest intact temperate rainforest, sustainable economies dependent on it, and even save taxpayers money.
A judge refused to let timber harvesting occur on Kuiu Island, a Native subsistence area of the Tongass National Forest because the U.S. Forest Service used misleading market information when issuing a permit.
An appeals court rules that Shell Offshore, Inc., must stay away from the Beaufort Sea at least through the winter of '07/08.
Alaskan lake and surrounding area gets protection from drilling.
Voters allowed to consider initiative on cruise ships
Legislation seeks to protect America's largest intact temperate rainforest, sustainable economies dependent on it, and even save taxpayers money.
Attempt to hijack the Defense Appropriations Bill fails
Earthjustice teamed with Alaskan Native groups and a political party to succesfully challenge a new Alaska state law that inhibited public access to courts.
Overfishing in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea must be curtailed
Court rules Forest Service cannot continue to approve timber sales in roadless areas while simultaneously considering the very same areas for wilderness protection.
Will protect against habitat degradation and excessive interference with other uses of public lands.
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.
