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Sales Pitched
Forest Service Cancels Timber Sales in Tongass |
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13 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Sales Pitched Forest Service Cancels Timber Sales in Tongass The U.S. Forest Service plans to cancel 20 timber sales in Alaska's Tongass National Forest -- not because it's dedicated to preserving old growth in the vast rainforest, but because the sales were sure to be money-losers for logging companies. Enviros are feeling vindicated by the development; they say it proves ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, business, logging, politics, rainforests, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics) |
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The Grinch Who Stole Tongass
Bush Reverses Logging Ban in Alaska's Tongass Forest |
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07 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| The Grinch Who Stole Tongass Bush Reverses Logging Ban in Alaska's Tongass Forest Doing their part for holiday spirit, the Bush administration announced just two days before Christmas that it is exempting Alaska's Tongass National Forest -- America's largest, and a longtime environmental battleground -- from a controversial Clinton-era ban on development in roadless areas o ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, fishing, logging, marine life, politics, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Chop Sticks
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10 Jun 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Chop Sticks Old-growth trees in roadless areas of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska could soon be on the chopping block. The Bush administration announced yesterday that it plans to exempt the nation's largest national forest from the Clinton-era "roadless rule," which blocks logging and road-building on more than 58 million acres of wild land in national forests. The proposal, part of an effort to sett ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, logging, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Sticking Out Their Tongass
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03 Mar 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Sticking Out Their Tongass It's a big bummer, but not a big surprise: The Bush administration ruled on Friday that it will not provide wilderness protection for any additional land in Alaska's Tongass National Forest, a move that will open up hundreds of thousands of acres of old-growth forest to logging. Public opinion was overwhelmingly in favor of creating more wilderness in the Tongass; about ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, logging, politics, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Pain in the Tongass
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12 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Pain in the Tongass Moderate Republicans, as well as Democrats and environmentalists, are up in arms over eleventh-hour language added by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to a huge $395 billion spending bill that would boost logging in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. The provision would exempt nearly 2 million acres in the Tongass from a rule approved by former President Clinton that ban ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, logging, national forests, politics, Ted Stevens, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Something Not Wild
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17 May 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Something Not Wild The U.S. Forest Service yesterday came out against adding any new wilderness areas to southeastern Alaska's 17 million-acre Tongass National Forest. The recommendation was a response to a ruling by U.S. District Judge James Singleton, who sided with environmentalists last year in ordering the Forest Service to determine if there were parts of the temperate rain forest that Congress could set aside ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, logging, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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