The Tongass NF: where the 1980s still haven't happened

You have to appreciate the Tongass National Forest administrators. They stop at nothing. Not time, not history, not science, and certainly not public opinion. The Tongass NF is where the current Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Gail Kimbell made her name.

Today the Tongass NF announced a plan to construct 33 miles of road--some undisclosed amount of it in federally designated roadless areas and old growth preserves--to facilitate planned logging of 61 million board feet of timber. They will also construct a new log transfer facility at Burnett Inlet. Oh and all this is happening on a remote island (satellite image via maps.google.com). Just like the old days, which everyone else thought ended decades ago.

You can read a short summary of this fine plan here (federal register).

--Zadig