Don't Sacrifice the Tongass for the Trees

Earthjustice urges Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to block the logging of 1,500 acres of old-growth forest in the Central Kupreanof and Sue timber sales within the Tongass National Forest. The organization argues that the Obama administration should fulfill campaign promises to protect roadless forests and remove a 2003 Bush-era exemption that currently leaves the Tongass without the protections reinstated by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for other roadless areas.

• Regional officials of the Tongass National Forest have announced plans to log approximately 1,500 acres of old-growth forest across two roadless areas, specifically the Sue and Central Kupreanof timber sales. Earthjustice argues these projects threaten intact old-growth habitat in one of the world's last temperate rainforests and contradict President Barack Obama's campaign pledge to support the full protection of 58.5 million acres of roadless forests, which includes 9.5 million acres within the Tongass.
• Earthjustice is calling on Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to block the proposed timber sales and restore full protections to the Tongass under the Roadless Rule. While the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated roadless protections for nearly 40 million acres in August, the Tongass remains unprotected due to an exemption adopted by the Bush administration in 2003.
• The Tongass is described as a unique temperate rainforest ecosystem that supports traditional lifestyles, the Coast Range mountains, and various wildlife, including Pacific salmon species and the rare Alexander Archipelago wolf.

APA

Earthjustice (2009). Don't Sacrifice the Tongass for the Trees. https://earthjustice.org/article/dont-sacrifice-tongass-trees

Chicago

Earthjustice. Don't Sacrifice the Tongass for the Trees. 2009. https://earthjustice.org/article/dont-sacrifice-tongass-trees.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Earthjustice |title=Don't Sacrifice the Tongass for the Trees |date=22 October 2009 |url=https://earthjustice.org/article/dont-sacrifice-tongass-trees |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{earthjustice2009dont, author = {{Earthjustice}}, title = {{Don't Sacrifice the Tongass for the Trees}}, publisher = {Earthjustice}, year = {2009}, month = oct, url = {https://earthjustice.org/article/dont-sacrifice-tongass-trees}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }