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At 17 million acres – roughly the size of West Virginia – the Tongass National Forest is America’s largest national forest, encompassing the majority of the southeast Alaska panhandle.
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Rising from the deep, rich waters of Alaska’s Inside Passage, the Tongass is where people come to see Alaska. Each year more than 1 million people come to experience glaciers flowing from the mountains into the sea and iconic wildlife that thrives in one of the largest remaining temperate rainforests in the world.
  
 
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** the bill to repeal the provision of the tax bill (H.R. 1) that mandates drilling in the Arctic Refuge and returns to status quo of no drilling
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**[https://www.congress.gov/amendment/115th-congress/house-amendment/598?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr+2%22%5D%7D H.Amdt598] from Rep. Young would exempt all National Forests in Alaska from the Roadless Rule
  
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Revision as of 15:02, 12 September 2018

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KEY FACTS
  • Total Acreage – 16.8 million
  • Original Protection – September 10, 1907 under Republican Theodore Roosevelt
  • Expanded Protection – July 1, 1908 when combined with the Alexander Archipelago
  • Most Recent Action – September, 2018 when USDA-FS field a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a state-specific Roadless Rule
  • Wilderness – There are 19 designated wilderness areas within the Tongass, more than in any other national forest
  • Wildlife – Five species of Pacific Salmon, humpback and orca whales, otters, beavers, wolves, deer, plus some of the largest concentrations of brown bears and bald eagles in America.

At 17 million acres – roughly the size of West Virginia – the Tongass National Forest is America’s largest national forest, encompassing the majority of the southeast Alaska panhandle.

Rising from the deep, rich waters of Alaska’s Inside Passage, the Tongass is where people come to see Alaska. Each year more than 1 million people come to experience glaciers flowing from the mountains into the sea and iconic wildlife that thrives in one of the largest remaining temperate rainforests in the world.

Fact Sheets | Congressional Letters | Public Letters | Maps | Reports & Previous Attempts to Drill

Recent Legislative Activity

  • H.R. 2, 2018 Farm Bill
    • H.Amdt598 from Rep. Young would exempt all National Forests in Alaska from the Roadless Rule
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  • H.R. 1889/S.820, Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act
    • landmark legislation that would designate the coastal plain as protected wilderness


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Maps

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