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Selfie of Teague standing at the base of an old-growth cedar in the Tongass National Forest
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Why The Tongass Needs Your Help
Briefly, the Trump administration overturned President Clinton’s 2001 Roadless Rule’s protection of Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest so that old-growth, clearcut logging could begin again. In March of 2021, the Roadless Area Conservation Act was introduced as a bill, that if ever passed, could legislate permanent protection of the Tongass, banning clearcut logging, as well as protecting other roadless areas in our national forests. Unfortunately, the State of Alaska does not support the Roadless Area Conservation Act and is working to keep it from becoming a law. However, many Alaskan residents and visitors adamantly disagree with the State of Alaska and are speaking out for the need for permanent protection of the Tongass National Forest in order to preserve our valuable old-growth rainforest, which provides wildlife habitats, clean air, and clean water. To find out much more, please explore the articles and videos below!
JANUARY 2023 UPDATED: BIDEN REINSTATES THE NATIONAL ROADLESS RULE IN THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST!
the roadless area conservation act of 2021 explained
Maria Cantwell, United States Senator for Washington, “Cantrell Announces Legislation to Permanently Preserve Pristine National Forest Lands”
The text of the actual bill, “S. 877: Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2021”
Alaska’s Tongass National Forest and the Roadless Rule (of 2001), Explained
LET THE TONGASS BREATHE
I wrote this article for the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, which is in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This piece, published in their Spring/Summer 2021 edition of The Howl, focuses on the need for supporting the Roadless Rule Conversation Act in order to protect our National Forests, especially our old-growth trees from being logged in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. To read this essay, click here.
Cairn on Dude Mountain ridge. Photo by Teague Whalen
THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE
This nonfiction short essay, “My Measuring Rock,” won the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve’s 2020 Essay Contest. It’s about my daily walk around Ward Lake in the Tongass National Forest and how it’s helped me heal from lost relationships. To read this essay, click here.
Tongass Forest Documentary
YouTube description: “Three women set sail on a 350 mile expedition through Alaska’s massive Tongass National Forest, exploring how clearcut logging in this coastal rainforest could affect wildlife, local communities and our planet’s climate. Learn more and take action at https://www.LastStands.org”
FURTHER EDIFICATION
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council’s (SEACC) “The Tongass National Forest”
Audubon Alaska’s “Plan to Lift Roadless Protections Will Likely Cause Extinctions in Alaska’s Tongass” by former Executive Director, Natalie Dawson
Nova’s “Tongass National Forest is ‘America’s Last Climate Sanctuary’” by Kara Norton
The Seattle Time’s “Save the rare wild beauty of the Tongass National Forest from renewed logging” by Elsa M. Sebastian and Marina Anderson
The Wilderness Society’s “5 Reasons Tongass National Forest is worth fighting for”
Pacific Forest Trust’s “E&E: Old Trees Store More Carbon, More Quickly, Than Younger Trees” by Tiffany Stecker
Old-Growth Western Red Cedar in the Tongass. Photo by Teague Whalen