Posted on 11/18/2021 7:41:34 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The federal government said Thursday that it’s beginning the process of repealing a Trump-era rule that permitted road-building and logging harvesting in an enormous southeast Alaska rainforest that provides habitat for wolves, bears and salmon.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that a proposed measure to repeal last year’s rule will be published for public comment next week, beginning a 60-day process.
The previous rule exempted more than 9 million acres (36,421 square kilometers) in the Tongass National Forest from a 2001 rule that banned road construction, reconstruction and timber harvesting in roadless areas, with some exceptions.
At 16.7 million acres (67,582 square kilometers), Tongass is the largest national forest in the country.
Conservationist and native communities had opposed the exemption, arguing it threatened wildlife, old-growth rainforest and local economies that rely on tourism and fishing . They applauded Thursday’s announcement.
Alaskan lawmakers have supported the exemption, however. When the Biden administration first announced plans to repeal or replace the exemption in June, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan called the decision “misguided,” and U.S. Rep Don Young said it was “yet another nail in the coffin for economic opportunity” in southeast Alaska.
Sullivan had said the roadless rule is a hindrance to activities such as mineral development, building energy projects and connecting communities.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
More missteps by the feds. Now we will rely on lumber from South America. Democrats want us to fund other nations instead of using out own resources
Doesn’t bode well for my gold mining permit application...
More people out of jobs for no reason. Trees are a renewable source. How stupid are these people.
Canadians will just cut more trees and sell them to us for a premium price
Or is it EVIL? Nobody can be that stupid. Surely.
I despise Dims.
Has Brandon done away with the softwood tariff on Canadastan lumber?
They have a reason, alright - the goal is to impoverish, destroy and enslave who and what remains.
From what I find, in June, Biden wanted to double the tariffs
“Doesn’t bode well for my gold mining permit application...”
We are approaching the point, where we will have to ignore the law and get the resources regardless.
If we don’t get the resources people are going to get hurt really bad, as the environmental autocrats impose their scientific distopia on us.
Democraps, doing for others what they have done for californication.
“More missteps by the feds. Now we will rely on lumber from South America. Democrats want us to fund other nations instead of using out own resources”
Its not a misstep its intentional.
Internationalist like foreign dependency regardless of the issue. Also our environmental laws weren’t written and signed by foreigners. Nope all three branches of government and the urban/suburban voter said:
“Screw rural America”
“Aren’t they a bunch of racists anyway?”
If it’s bassackwards and destructive Joetato Brain will do it.
One nice day, this will catch a fire and burn to the ground.
Forest needs MANAGEMENT!
Gotta get the money out of the US. It’s easier to get kickbacks that way.
Remember when Trump was President and everything was cheap and plentiful?
idiots!
Feds move ahead with plans to bury America alive.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.