 This man and his hoodlums never cease to infuriate me. The Bush Administration has done it again.
His administration has announced plans to open more than 3 million acres of Alaskan forests to logging, mining and road building. More precisely, the plan will open 3.4 million acres of the Tongass National Forest. This decision effectively reverses the "Roadless Rule" protection given to the area by President Clinton.
The Forest Service said it would consult with Indian tribes to protect and maintain sacred sites in the forest. So far it is confirmed that 90,000 acres of old-growth will be off-limits to loggers which is positive news.
Trees are coming down all over the place, so what is the big deal with this? Well, Tongass is the nation's largest forest and the world's largest intact temperate rainforest. It has been deemed the "crown jewel" or "biogem" of U.S. forests.
SOURCELabels: forest conservation, Tongass National Forest |
