Objections Filed to Alaska Logging Plans

Objections Filed to Alaska Logging Plans

Conservation groups have filed extensive objections to a plan to log thousands of acres of the Tongass National Forest over a 15-year period. An 85-page objection letter prepared by Earthjustice on behalf of nine conservation organizations describes the plan for...
A Few Trails in Columbia River Gorge Reopen

A Few Trails in Columbia River Gorge Reopen

The Forest Service has reopened a six-mile stretch of road and several hiking trails in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Oregon, a year after the Eagle Creek Fire burned 50,000 acres. However, several popular trails, including in a designated...
Objections Filed to Alaska Logging Plans

Old-Growth Logging Proposed for Tongass

Forest Service officials today released a draft decision that calls for carrying out large-scale old-growth logging on Alaska’s Tongass National Forest over the next 15 years. As much as 235 million board feet of timber could be cut on Prince of Wales Island....
Feds Shelve Oil and Gas Leases—For Now

Feds Shelve Oil and Gas Leases—For Now

Faced with criticism from top Colorado officials, the Trump administration last week backed away from plans to open nearly 150,000 acres of public land in the state to oil and gas drilling. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Michael Bennet, both Democrats, had...