#tongass

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Joel Jackson, the president of the Organized Village of Kake, a tribal community, has lived within the Tongass National Forest in Alaska his entire life. His community relies on the land for hunting deer and fishing salmon that swim in streams kept cold by the old-growth forest.

But the 66-year-old worried about damage to that land - the largest national forest in the US - after former President Donald Trump rescinded a measure blocking logging and road-building on nine million acres of land in the Tongass in 2020.

"The forest is key to our survival as a people, to our way of life … for thousands of years," Mr Jackson said.

Last week marked a long-awaited victory for Mr Jackson and other tribes and environmental groups who petitioned the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reinstate the protections for the forest.

The agency announced last Wednesday it would once again ban logging and the construction of roads for cutting timber in over half of the Tongass.

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Beaver Mask

Norman Jackson

[environmentalwatch]

Tongass Nat. Forest Protected

Tongass Forest Bans Logging Roads

Logging roads are banned in the Tongass National Forest as the Biden administration restores protections cut by former President Trump. Alaska’s Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in America, and has been the center of decades of fighting between environmental protections and commercial timber interests. In 2020, Alaska state leaders persuaded the Trump administration to undo…

[topgearlab]

Tongass National Forest In Alaska: Now The Best Guide

The most significant opportunity to observe bears on the Steep Creek boardwalk is between the parking lot and the visitor centre. The boardwalk went up above Steep Creek, which looked like the perfect place for salmon to spawn and where black bears seemed to like to eat. There were clear signs that they were there, like dead fish and bear paw prints. Sockeye (red) salmon were said to come to Steep Creek from the middle of July to the centre of September. Read more about Tongass National Forest In Alaska

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[lionfloss]

Tongass National Forest

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It is a rocky, stormy, and wild coast, one that everywhere reveals nature at its most spectacular. There are the redwood groves of Northern California, the raging rivers of Southern Oregon, the Rogue Basin, and the Umpqua forest. There is the mouth of the Columbia River, with its huge waves and foaming breakers, where ocean currents and tides collide with the deadly bars. In Washington State, there are the breathtaking sea stacks of the Olympic National Park, the Hoh River, and Quinault River valleys. Also in the park are towering fir, cedar, and spruce trees draped in ghostly mosses. Then comes an inland sea, the Salish Sea, shared by Washington and British Columbia, where snow-laden mountains — the ten-thousand-foot Mt Baker and the eight-thousand-foot Mt Olympus — shelter idyllic islands whose waters are home to the last of the southern orcas.

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[rjzimmerman]

This documentary is about 40 minutes long. Description from You Tube:

Three women set sail on a 350 mile expedition through Alaska’s massive Tongass National Forest, exploring how clearcut logging in this coastal rainforest could affect wildlife, local communities and our planet’s climate. 

[explorewiththeembachs]

Well our visit to Fish Creek Wildlife Viewing Area in the Tongass National Forest was awesome! We got a close up view of a young brown bear fishing for salmon. He really put on a show! Well worth the short trip across the border to Hyder, Alaska.

Back on the road south. We should be in the lower 48 by tomorrow.

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Brown Bear

Norman Jackson

[75centralphotography]

Looking for a Catch

Looking for a Catch

A fishing trawler departs Ketchikan, Alaska, in the Tongass Narrows.

[topgearlab]

Tongass National Forest In Alaska: Now The Best Guide

The Nugget Falls at Tongass national forest in Alaska is less than a mile long, but it gives you an excellent taste of the great wilderness. The trail starts halfway down Photo Point Trail and goes around the flats at the edge of Mendenhall Lake. The whole trip is about 2 miles.

From the alpine area, you can see both the glacier and the plants and animals in the area. You can see bald eagles and mountain goats walking on rocky paths from above.

Around the lake, arctic terns nest in the summer, and black bear cubs come out of their dens at eye level. Salmon and trout dart around under the surface of the cold water in the lake.

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