Update from Alaska Wilderness League at 10/16/09 10:53 PM
October 16, 2009 by Alaska Wilderness League
*TONGASS: Our Tongass National Forest is a unique national treasure that we must safeguard for future generations with smart action now. Our Tongass warrants the same protections we have given other national gems like our Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone. The future of our Tongass depends on all of us. With every year we wait, more of the old growth forest and rare ecosystem it supports could be lost to unsustainable and short-sighted clearcut logging and road construction. Alaska Wilderness League and the Alaska Coalition are committed to protecting the Tongass National Forest - a national treasure – to ensure that our Tongass remains a place of wild majesty. Though our Tongass has been carelessly clear-cut in the past and lasting damage has been done to essential habitat, there is much we can do to conserve its last remaining old growth and restore critical fish and wildlife habitat. Alaska Wilderness League is working... Read More







