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The administration says it will “repeal or replace” Trump's rollback of protections for the Tongass National Forest, but the details aren't yet clear. ....
2:46 Oregon-based researcher Dominick DellaSala says protecting forests is key to maintaining their function as a carbon sink. “There’s no magic wand, we only have a big vacuum cleaner that we can (use to) just suck CO2 out of the atmosphere and store it safely. Forests are doing that for us,” DellaSala explained. He and his colleagues at the Woodwell Climate Research Center analyzed carbon data and found that Tongass National Forest holds 44 percent of all the carbon stored by the United States’ national forests. “Basically, when you go through an old growth forest, you’re walking through a stick of carbon that has been built up into the forest for many, many decades. Centuries,” DellaSala said. “And the largest trees in those forests store about 50 percent of the above ground carbon, so they are enormously important from a carbon standpoint.” ....
One of the most egregious acts of the previous administration’s public lands agenda was the October decision to revoke protections for 9 million acres of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, one of the world’s largest intact temperate rainforests. On his first day in office, President Joe Biden The Roadless Rule is one of America’s hallmark conservation policies and safeguards pristine and near-pristine forests in 40 states, from Alaska to New Mexico. These are areas with remarkable ecological value that could be quickly degraded by development, including the construction of roads. This historic policy celebrated its 20th anniversary in January. ....