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Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 on board in Alaska
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Coast Guard searching for plane with 6 on board in Alaska
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Biden will restore Tongass National Forest protections in critical step for climate
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Biden restores protections for U.S. largest national forest Alexandra Larkin © / Getty Images Cruising in Misty Fjords National Monument, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
The Biden administration moved Thursday to reverse a Trump-imposed policy that opened major areas of the U.S. largest national forest, the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, to logging and road development. The U.S. Department of Agriculture also said it intends to end large-scale old growth timber sales in the area.
The forest was originally protected by the 2001 Roadless Rule, which bans logging and road development in certain parts of the country. But in his final months in office, Trump exempted the forest from the rule.
Commercial aviation in Alaska: Essential and deadly June 24th 11:34 am |
Zoë Sobel and Agnel Philip, KUCB and ProPublica
Some say FAA has been slow to account for hazards, putting pilots, customers at risk
On a clear day in May 2019, the tourist season was just starting up in Ketchikan, a city of 8,000 that had become a cruise ship hot spot. For Randy Sullivan, that meant another day - his fifth in a row - of flying sightseeing tours and charters.
Sullivan and his wife, Julie, owned Mountain Air Service, a single-plane family business that had allowed Randy to realize his dream of becoming his own boss. Randy was born and raised in Alaska. He grew up in Ketchikan and had been flying in the area for more than 17 years. He, more than most, knew the dangers of commercial aviation in the state.