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Clear Cutting In The Tongass

By kimba | Published: July 16, 2009
On Monday, the Obama Administration approved the U.S. Forest Service sale of timber to a Ketchikan mill in a roadless area of the Tongass National Forest. The Tongass National Forest is a 17 million acre temperate rain forest in southeast Alaska. It is home to both native Alaskan people and communities aas well as endangered [...]
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