A 2014 study of second growth timber on the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska shows that the U.S. Forest Service can transition out of old growth logging in 5 years, and shift timber sales into young growth located in previously logged and roaded areas.

As Dominick DellaSala stated, “We have a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to stop the needless logging of old growth in one of the world’s last relatively intact rainforests, with the added benefit of keeping carbon in the forest and out of the atmosphere.”

Press Releases:

• Phase Out of Tongass Old-Growth Logging Can Begin Immediately – June 25, 2014
• Phase Out of Tongass Old-Growth Logging Can Begin Now If the Forest Service Acts Swiftly – August 25, 2014