Trump Again Assaults Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Published by the Environmental News Service
JUNEAU, Alaska, September 14, 2020 (ENS) – The Trump administration has announced plans for a timber sale that would destroy more than 5,100 acres of old-growth habitat in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. At 16.7 million acres, the Tongass is the largest intact temperate rainforest left on Earth. As a global carbon sink, it eases the worst of climate change and offers habitat for eagles, bears, wolves, and salmon.
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