Environmental groups increasingly tried to get the word out to encourage people to weigh-in. Those conversations have taken place in physical spaces and also, increasingly, online.
"Roadless Rule"
Dunleavy defends the use of a federal grant used for Roadless Rule decision
The state of Alaska used more than $200,000 of that federal grant money, typically designated for fire prevention, to pay an industry group for more perspective on economic timber sales.
Why was fire prevention funding used on the Roadless Rule process in Alaska? Congress members want to know.
Two Congress members want to know why a grant, typically used to prevent wildfires, was given to the state of Alaska to work on this.
Forest Service kicks off Roadless Rule discussion in Juneau
The first in a series of public meetings happened in Juneau Monday night at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall.
A new inventory of old growth trees could be coming. Will it be too late?
The Trump Administration is seeking a full exemption from the Roadless Rule in the Tongass National Forest. But one logging company says the industry is facing another challenge: Chinese tariffs.
Forest Service substantially weighed the ‘state’s preferences’ in Roadless Rule decision
The agency said a Roadless Rule exemption would allow more “flexibility” in how the nation’s largest national forest is managed.