Latest Library Content tagged with "Alaska"

Sealaska Factsheet PDF

Factsheet on Sealaska Lands Bill. this legislation woudl make thousands of acres of the most important ladns in the Tongass National Forest available for development by Sealaska Corp., a for-profit entity.

2012 Priority Land Acquisition Projects: LWCF and Forest Legacy PDF

The Wilderness Society has identified top priority Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and Forest Legacy land acquisition projects across the country. These projects are found in 14 states, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming. Read the complete list by clicking on the link below.

Oil and Gas Leasing on Alaska's North Slope MAP

This map breaks down Alaska's North Slope by sold, deferred, active, and potential leases, as well as Barrow Native Lands and Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Surface and Subsurface Lands.

Protecting Alaska’s Economy, Communities, and Environment from Global Warming PDF

Global warming is already affecting Alaska and will continue to do so for decades to come. In the absence of national policy that jumpstarts the clean energy economy by ramping down dangerous carbon emissions, our economy and wildlands are at an even greater risk. As a result, additional resources are even more necessary for protecting our natural heritage, jobs, and communities from climate disruption. Given the scale of the threat, there is no time to waste.  

The Roadless Rule: A Tenth Anniversary Assessment PDF

A decade after it was first adopted by the U.S. Forest Service, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has proven to be remarkably successful in protecting the 58.5 million acres of national forest roadless areas from road building and logging. Only about 75 miles of road building has occurred in the roadless areas – far less than the Forest Service had predicted a decade ago -- and just a miniscule fraction of the unroaded forests has been logged, mostly in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.

Group letter to Senate regarding drilling PDF

In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig accident – which could become the largest ecological disaster in history – a coalition of environmental organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Senate, urging them to pursue clean energy instead of the destructive and dangerous practices of oil and gas drilling.