Opinions and Editorials
AFA' S TLMP Lawsuit Gains Community Support
9/98 The City Council for the City of Wrangell, AK, voted to join AFA
as co-plaintiff in the lawsuit and agreed to contribute $25,000 toward the effort.
Concerned Alaskans for Resources and Environment (C.A.R.E.) also become a co-plaintiff in
the action.
AFA's
letter to Michael Dombeck, Chief U.S.D.A. Forest Service
8/98 RE: Interested Party Comments on Request for Interim Relief for
Timber Sale Projects in Forest Service Region 10, Tongass National Forest
Congressional
Action Needed to Save Our Starving Timber Industry
7/98 Now the administration’s goal for the Forest Service
apparently is to have the system “timber benign by ’99.” The effect on
regional economies and rural communities is apparently of no concern to the White House.
Alaska's Legislature Continues Support of Forest Industries
3/98 Among the many pieces of legislation pending before lawmakers
this year are several that will directly affect members of the forest products industry.
Some of these are among the measures sure to pass both the House and Senate before the
mid-May adjournment date.
Briefing Paper - USFS’s Proposed Action for Roadless Areas
2/98 Apparently, the FS intends to implement a new roadless area policy for
the Tongass through the administrative appeal process, contrary to the statutory and
regulatory authorities controlling such policy determinations and despite the fact that
the Forest Service is limited to correcting legal errors during the administrative appeal
process.
Timber Industry Urges New Fish Protections
2/98 In a move that surprised many, the Alaska Forest Association
went before the state Board of Forestry on January 13 to propose changes to the
state’s Forest Resources and Practices Act.
Alaskans Oppose Federal Roads Moratorium
1/98 Alaskans had a uniformly negative reaction to the announcement
by the Department of Agriculture that it is formulating an interim policy regarding road
building in the national forest system.
US
House Letter to President Clinton
1/98 Administration is preparing to issue a new policy for
roadless areas on the national forests and that this policy will override the decisions
that have been made in national forest plans and numerous wilderness laws.
Letters
to Secretary Glickman
1/98 Speaker of the House, Gail Phillips and President of the Senate,
Mike Miller's letter to Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture in opposing the Federal
Roads Moratorium.
Knowles'
letter to Glickman
1/98 Governor Knowles' to Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture
opposing the Federal Roads Moratorium.
US
Senate Letter to Secretary Glickman
1/98 The annual debate over the Forest Service road construction
budget & the Federal Roads Moratorium.
Growing
Pains in the Tanana Forest Industry
12/97 The timber industry in Alaska's Interior, long a small
but stable element in the local economy, has shown new vigor in recent months.
