Tongass Forest

Groups Rally To End Tongass Forest Timber Sales

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Nearly a dozen conservation groups are appealing to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to put a stop to two timber sales...

WATCH: Obama Allows Logging in Largest US Rainforest - Think of All the Jobs!

Lee Camp | Posted 08.16.2009 | Comedy


Lee Camp

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Say It Ain't S'Obama

Hart Bochner | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green


Hart Bochner

The Obama Administration's decision today to open Alaska's Tongass National Park for logging is, in my opinion, the first major blunder of their tenure.

Obama Administration Approves First Roadless Logging Contract In Alaska's Tongass National Forest

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green


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 a...