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Federal Judicial Ruling Blocks Controversial Izembek NWR Land Swap, Impacting Road Construction Through Lands
“This is a huge victory for Izembek’s wetlands and for all federally protected lands in Alaska,” said Rebecca Noblin, Alaska legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The judge made it clear that the Trump administration can’t just come in and trade away irreplaceable wilderness to enable destructive roadbuilding. It’s been a long, hard-fought…
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Potus Announces Plan To Repeal Roadless Rule; Outraged Reaction As Tongass, Other National Forests At Risk (Updating)
“We’ll fight Trump’s monstrous proposal to gut the Roadless Rule, which would be disastrous for the Tongass,” said Cooper Freeman, Alaska program director. “Punching roads through 9 million acres of intact temperate rainforest would destroy world-class salmon streams. It would open the door for corporations to clearcut irreplaceable, centuries-old Sitka spruce for export overseas. Alaska’s…
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