WASHINGTON, D.C.
– U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following comment on
an Anchorage federal judge’s decision to impose
the 2001 roadless rule in the Tongass
National Forest.
“The decision further damages the economy in Southeast,”
Murkowski said. “The roadless rule was never intended to apply to the
Tongass because ANILCA already set logging limits for the forest, as did the
Tongass Timber Reform Act. This will make it all the more difficult for the few
remaining timber operations that depend on the Tongass and the Forest Service
to survive. I intend to do every thing I can to limit this damage.”
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