by Oliver Stiefel | Mar 15, 2016 | Features, News, Public Lands News
The Alaska Regional Forester has put a major logging project in the Tongass National Forest on hold, in response to administrative objections filed by Crag’s clients. The Saddle Lakes Timber Sale, located near Ketchikan on Revillagigedo Island, called for about...
by Bridget O'Brien | Mar 5, 2016 | Victories, Wild Victories
Tongass Logging Project Suspended on Revilla Island 2016 In March of 2016, Crag successfully halted a commercial logging project that would have clear-cut 2,500 acres of the Tongass rainforest on Revillagigedo Island. Crag prepared a formal objection against the U.S....
by Oliver Stiefel | Nov 18, 2015 | News, Public Lands News
Forest Service Backs Down, Cancels Controversial Tongass Old-growth Timber Sale PETERSBURG, Alaska— The U.S. Forest Service has formally withdrawn its March authorization of the Mitkof Island Project — a large, 35-million-board-foot timber sale — through documents...
by Bridget O'Brien | Aug 5, 2015 | Victories, Wild Victories
Forest Service Cancels Controversial Old-Growth Tongass Timber Sale 2015 In October 2015, on behalf of five environmental organizations, Crag won a case against the U.S. Forest Service’s authorization of a timber sale on Mitkof Island in Tongass National Forest, which...
by Oliver Stiefel | Jun 23, 2015 | Features, Wildlife News
A June 16, 2015 Memorandum issued by the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game reported a 60% decline in the population of the Alexander Archipelago wolf in the Prince of Wales Island area between 2013 and 2014. The wolf species, endemic to the coastal...
