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The “lungs of North America,” the Tongass National Forest is the Earth’s largest intact temperate rainforest. Protecting it means protecting the entire planet.

As the Tongass is part of the United States, it is the responsibility of all Americans to act as stewards of this natural treasure, ensuring that future generations can continue to benefit from its immense ecological and cultural value.

The “lungs of North America,” the Tongass National Forest is the Earth’s largest intact temperate rainforest. Protecting it means protecting the entire planet.

RIO de Janeiro: The eight nations that share the Amazon basin have come under fire for a joint declaration agreed at their summit in Brazil, with critics saying it falls short of...

The project’s background bumf puts the philosophy into neat evocative parlance. “One man’s junk is everyone’s treasure,” whatever that treasure may be.

Far back in the high elevation wetlands of northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley — hidden away on the Kootenai National Forest (KNF) — is a vast and ancient forest referred to

Far back in the high-elevation wetlands of northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley — hidden away on the Kootenai National Forest (KNF) — is a vast and ancient forest referred to as

A Climate Forest is proposed It was great to read in the Courier recently that East Lothian Council is planning to plant two million trees in East Lothian over the next 10 years. While doing this, I’d like to encourage the council to apply the mantra ‘Right trees, right place, right reason’, or these trees and their future growth are doomed. We have all seen the damage that mono-culture planting can do to landscapes and wildlife. Trees for this Climate Forest need to be native speci...

Alaska’s Tongass absorbs more carbon than all other national forests Trees absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. This makes them some of our greatest allies in the fight against the climate crisis.    Big, dense, old-growth forests are especially good at absorbing and trapping (or “sequestering”) carbon, the leading greenhouse gas causing climate change. The Tongass National Forest in Alaska is often referred to as “America’s Climate Forest,” the na...

Conservation and climate groups call on USDA to end taxpayer subsidies for Tongass logging   Tuesday PM (SitNews) Washington, D.C. - A coalition of conservation and climate organizations have submitted a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, asking his agency to “take the fiscally responsible step of prohibiting federal funds from being used to pay for, subsidize, design, study or construct roads for logging in the Tongass National Forest.” The Tongass Nat...