Tongass National Forest Plan Update: Public Meetings in Southeast Alaska
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The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public input for a new management plan for the Tongass National Forest, the largest in the country. The plan will guide priorities like logging, recreation, tourism, subsistence use, and ecosystem protection for the next ten to fifteen years. Public meetings will be held across Southeast Alaska from late March through early May. The process started with a thirty-day comment window that closed on March twentieth. Officials plan to align the plan with past executive orders boosting logging and mineral development in Alaska. The draft plan and environmental review will be released this fall, with another ninety-day comment period. The final version is expected by next May. Residents have a significant say in how the forest gets used, balancing jobs with wildlife and community traditions. Dont miss your chance to weigh in on the forests future.
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