<![CDATA[Obama Administration Approves First Roadless Logging Contract In Alaska's Tongass National Forest]]>

1.0 link 235311 <![CDATA[Obama Administration Approves First Roadless Logging Contract In Alaska's Tongass National Forest]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/16/obama-administration-appr_n_235311.html This week, the Obama administration approved the sale of timber in a roadless national forest in Alaska. The Tongass National Forest is a 17 million acre temperate rain forest in southeast Alaska, which is home to both endangered species and native Alaskan tribes. It is the largest temperate rain forest in the United States.

From The Juneau Empire:

Orion North timber sale is the first such awarded since Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced in May he would personally review...

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