Ending industrial-scale logging of old-growth on Tongrass National Forest
By Juliet Eilperin Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Biden administration would cancel three old-growth timber sales in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. It would still allow Alaska Natives and small-scale timber operators to selectively log some old-growth trees. The move ends large-scale harvest of old growth trees on national forests.
07/15/21