tongass rainforest

Bush Opens Roadless Tongass National Forest to Logging
Roadless area of the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska.

January 26, 2008
Environmental News Service
CommonDreams.org

JUNEAU, Alaska - Yesterday, the Bush administration put a “for sale” sign on trees in pristine roadless areas of the Tongass rainforest in Alaska - America’s largest national forest.

This move by Bush officials to reverse roadless area protections parallels two others made recently in national forests located in Idaho and Colorado.