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Feds settle with environmentalists over Tongass lawsuit costs Posted by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Apr 8, 2021 Clearcuts and old-growth forests are part of the view on Prince of Wales Island. (Nick Bonzey, Flick Creative Commons) Industry groups and the federal agency argued that the project was key to keeping Southeast’s last mills running over the next decade. But a federal judge agreed with the plaintiffs who argued that the federal agency didn’t follow the law when it approved the tim...

Photo courtesy of the U. S. Forest Service Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - An audit conducted by the Forest Service indicates that two large timber sales in the Tongass National Forest were mismanaged. Thats according to a release from the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council which says the audit was obtained via a lawsuit filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a Freedom of Information request it filed. Sally Schlichting is a poli...