[PCA] ARTICLE: TONGASS Experts claim admin used 'misinformation' to justify logging

[plant at plantconservation.org]

ARTICLE: TONGASS Experts claim admin used 'misinformation' to justify logging
by: ADAM ATON, E&E NEWS REPORTER
PUBLISHED: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2019
The Trump administration says the Tongass National Forest is America's  
best carbon warehouse — so it's fine to increase logging there.

The Forest Service last week released a draft environmental impact  
statement for building new roads through the Tongass, a precondition  
for feeding more old-growth trees into southeastern Alaska's  
struggling timber mills. Every 21st-century president has fought over  
whether to expand or curtail logging in the massive forest. Trump has  
gone the furthest; his Forest Service last week said the time had come  
for a final resolution and recommended opening almost the entire area  
to development.

At stake is the country's largest forest. The Tongass is among the  
world's best carbon sinks, and it's one of the largest unfragmented  
ecosystems in North America. Its trees hold about 650 million tons of  
carbon, which roughly converts to half of U.S. carbon dioxide  
emissions in 2017.

Full article: https://www.eenews.net/stories/1061341741