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Forest restoration helps heal Tongass' scars

Mary Pemberton (AP), Anchorage Daily News
Sep 28, 2009

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The unlikely alliance (of contractors and environmental groups) is being played out in other parts of the country, including Montana where two projects are slated to begin next year in the Lolo National Forest. A project is also planned for the oft-contentious Bitterroot National Forest, said Marnie Criley, coordinator of the Montana Forest Restoration Committee.

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Skokomish watershed work helps fish

John Dodge, The Olympian
Sep 18, 2009

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The last major barriers for salmon passage in the Skokomish River watershed are about to disappear.

Green Diamond Resource Co. put the finishing touches this week on a busy summer of work that included removal of a Tacoma Power diversion dam and replacement of three outdated road culverts with bridges over McTaggert and Gibbons creeks.

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USFS has $100 million in projects ready to go

Rob Chaney, The Missoulian (Montana)
Jan 2, 2009

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The U.S. Forest Service has about $100 million in “shovel-ready” forest restoration projects on the shelf that could put loggers, scientists, heavy-equipment operators and other timber-related workers on the payroll, members of the Montana Forest Restoration Committee said.

That backlog could be turned into 1,337 full- and part-time jobs, according to an analysis by the Wilderness Society, one of the committee's partners.

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Sustainability and long-term economic viability for Southeast Alaska at risk under new timber bill

Anonymous
May 25, 2011

The following statement from Austin Williams, Alaska Forest Program Manager for The Wilderness Society, is in response to the hearing on S. 730, the Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act, or Sealaska bill.

“We recognize and support Sealaska Corporation’s right to claim its outstanding acreage from the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, but it should not be allowed to re-write the rules and force American taxpayers to foot the bill.

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Restoring forests better for Tongass economy

Anonymous
Jan 25, 2011

In the last decade, the US Forest Service has placed timber harvest in southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest above all other priorities in the region, pouring federal dollars into the timber industry’s clearcutting of old growth forests. A new report from The Wilderness Society outlines a fresh vision for management of the Tongass—one based on ecological restoration and stewardship.

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New Analysis Guides Northern Rockies Forest Restoration, and the Future of Forest Management

Anonymous
Feb 11, 2009

The Wilderness Society released a new ecological analysis today to guide future forest restoration and assessments in the Northern Rockies. Titled “Restoration of Low-Elevation Dry Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains: A Holistic Approach” the report argues the southwestern model for forest restoration is not appropriate to be applied across the west.

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Time to speak up on rules governing how our forests are managed

Mar 17, 2011

The Obama administration and the Forest Service last week hosted what they call a national roundtable. It was an effort to summarize and explain in detail the various components of the draft forest planning rule, which was published last month. When final, this rule will guide the Forest Service on how to manage 193 million acres of America’s national forests. The roundtable, held in Washington D.C., was the beginning of a series of public forums that will take place throughout the country.

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Wild elk shows forester that sometimes the answer isn’t so “clear cut”

Jan 21, 2011

The ground was shaking, but it wasn’t like an earthquake, which made it even more disturbing. I looked around for my crew partner who looked as perplexed as I felt.

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Seeing the forest through the trees: visiting Kake, Alaska

Oct 21, 2010

“I want to work. My family needs me to work.”As these impassioned words hung in the air, much like the low-hanging clouds blanketing the town of Kake, Alaska, that morning, those gathered in the drafty gymnasium nodded their heads with empathy.

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Restoring the Environment - Making Dollars and Sense in the Face of Climate Change

Aug 24, 2010

I’m going to stand out on a fairly strong limb and make a declaration just about everyone (from treehugger to tea partier) can agree with: restoring degraded natural areas is a good thing. Luckily this thinking is gaining ground in some pretty important circles.

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