Anchorage police officer charged with federal civil rights violation in alleged 2019 assault. June 10, 2003 The government and parties settle Alaska v. USDA.

Alaska v. USDA, 1:11-cv-01122-RJL (D.D.C.). The plan would last 10-15 years and allow for timber harvesting within the Tongass (on the Prince of Wales Island and surrounding islands). Mike Dunleavy urged President Donald Trump to grant a full repeal.

July 16, 2020 Nine tribal nations in Southeastern Alaska petition the Department of Agriculture (USDA) “to commence a rulemaking process, in collaboration with the Tribes of Southeast Alaska, to create a Traditional Homelands Conservation Rule that protects the traditional and customary uses and areas of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples in the Tongass National Forest.” The petition alleges that USDA has ignored the tribes’ concerns in the Alaska Roadless Rule rulemaking process, which “amounts to the collective disenfranchisement of [their] sovereign Tribal governments.”. The decision follows a filing by the Bush administration stating that the Forest Service would let the rule go into effect on May 12 but planned to review the rule and restart the public comment process. Organized Village of Kake v. USDA, 1:09-cv-00023 JWS (D. Alaska March 4, 2011).

(Ed Schoenfeld/ CoastAlaska) On Thursday, the U.S. Department of … That’s $98,000 per current wood industry worker. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, under which the Forest Service falls, announced …

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Dec. 12, 2002 The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses the district court’s decision and reinstates the Roadless Rule. March 11, 2020 The Department of Agriculture’s Inspector General launches an investigation into the potential use of a Forest Service grant by the state of Alaska to support the requested exemption of the Tongass from the Roadless Rule. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, under which the Forest Service falls, announced Thursday the upcoming release of a final environmental review identifying a preferred alternative to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the so-called Roadless Rule. Alaska v. USDA, No. Organized Village of Kake President Joel Jackson, who was featured in a video made as part of the SEACC statement, traveled to Washington, D.C,. He said tribal governments weren’t treated as equal sovereign governments in their discussions with USDA and the Forest Service.

Mike Dunleavy have previously pushed for. “The Tongass is the traditional homelands of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples. November 20, 2019 The fall 2019 Unified Agenda published by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) projects that a final Alaska Roadless Rule will be published in June 2020. 2d 1197 (D. Wyo. This bill bars the Department of Agriculture from allowing the construction of roads, the reconstruction of roads, or logging in an inventoried roadless area where those activities are prohibited by the Roadless Rule (i.e., certain federal regulations relating to roadless area management).

Perdue agreed. June 24, 2020 The U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska vacates (voids) portions of the record of decision and final Environmental Impact Statement for the Prince of Wales Landscape Level Analysis Project that authorize road construction and vegetation management. Why? Jan. 31, 2001 Alaska files a lawsuit alleging that the Roadless Rule is unlawful.

11-35517 (9th Cir. March 12, 2020 The U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska rejects the Final EIS for the POWLLA as in violation of NEPA, ANILCA, and NFMA. An internal Forest Service report notes that 96% of public comments received on the issue last fall supported leaving the rule in place. A mountain peak rises above the Tongass National Forest northeast of Sitka Aug. 3, 2016. in November of 2019 to testify against lifting the Roadless Rule. July 11, 2005 The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals vacates (voids) the 2003 Wyoming district court decision blocking implementation of the Roadless Rule. May 8, 2020 Nine Southeast Alaska tribes have asked the Department of Agriculture to extend the time for consultation regarding the proposed Alaska Roadless Rule. Suite 4119 Search Tip: Use quotes to find results containing your phrase, exactly, e.g., "Juneau Empire".

“The Roadless Rule allowed entrepreneurs such as myself to feel comfortable investing large sums of money and creating businesses, given the security it … For Alaskans who support protections for Tongass old growth forests, the only remaining hope is that the November election brings a change in political leadership.

Alaskans dependent on these sectors see lifting the rule as a threat. Lifting the roadless rule would assure road access to minerals by companies that can meet rigorous national environmental standards, he wrote.

Gregg Erickson is an economic consultant with offices in Juneau and Bend, Oregon. Speakers and attendees there, including the state’s congressional delegation, promoted the expansion of responsible resource development as a potential economic driver for the region. In 2001, President Bill Clinton approved an order prohibiting road construction in the undeveloped parts of federal forests. A healthy Tongass is essential for Alaska Native communities that rely on hunting, fishing, and foraging, now more so than ever due to limited ferry service and the pandemic, the statement said.

Kootenai Tribe of Idaho v. Veneman, 313 F.3d 1094 (9th Cir.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced it plans to exempt the forest from the national Roadless Rule, which will make development in the region easier. Fisheries and tourism now dominate Southeast Alaska’s economy. Fewer passengers will be allowed in busses and vans. I don’t have too much faith in the process anymore.”. The court will determine the proper remedy at a later date. Jackson made similar comments about trusting other existing regulations. It could also open up more areas for logging, though advocates and opponents seem to agree that the impact on the timber industry would likely be minimal.

Opposition from politicians was immediate, most vigorously from then-Sen. Frank Murkowski. The USDA has to wait 30 days before it can issue its final decision. The 10th Circuit holds that the issues are moot because of the May 2005 repeal of the Roadless Rule. Correction: This opinion column has been updated to correct typographical editors inadvertently made during the editing process. June 17, 2011 Alaska files suit, alleging that the application of the Roadless Rule to Alaska was unlawful. Barring reversal of what appears to be the president’s personal decision, roadless protections on the Tongass are poised to disappear. Murkowski grew up in Ketchikan in the 1940s and early 1950s, an era when declining salmon harvests put the local economy on the ropes. Footed by taxpayers, the agency’s cost to lift the Rule is $4.2 million, about $21,000 for each of the 193 remaining timber jobs.

Alaska is home to the Tongass and Chugach National Forests, respectively the largest and third-largest national forests in the United States. Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson, president of Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, told the Empire Friday working with the Department of Agriculture made him lose faith in the process. But then the pandemic hit. “It’s clear the State of Alaska, the old-growth clear-cut logging industry, and others want a return to the days of reckless logging that sacrifices our fish, wildlife and forests without regard for the costs to Southeast Alaska’s fishing and tourism economy,” said Austin Williams, Alaska Director of Law and Policy for Trout Unlimited in a statement. Under the proposed system, governors can petition the Forest Service to establish management requirements for roadless areas within their states. Roadless Rule advocates’ assumption the Forest Service, which is an agency of USDA, would move to lift the rule entirely proved correct. 2011).

Bill Walker’s administration petitioned for the Roadless Rule to be rolled back in 2018. [Public gets heated over Roadless Rule alternatives]. Resource development in Southeast received a lot of attention this week at the Southeast Conference Annual Meeting.

However, the action on the Roadless Rule didn’t officially originate from Washington, D.C. Former Gov. Alaska v. USDA, No. Roadless Rule advocates’ assumption the Forest Service, which is an agency of USDA, would move to lift the rule entirely proved correct. “The Roadless Rule allowed entrepreneurs such as myself to feel comfortable investing large sums of money and creating businesses, given the security it provided that we would have places to operate. California v. USDA, No. 171–72).

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