Save the Tongass Stop the S 881 Bill

 The Tongass National Forest, the nation's largest national forest, covers most of Southeast Alaska, surrounding the famous Inside Passage. It offers unique chances to view eagles, bears, spawning salmon, and the breath-taking vistas of "wild" Alaska.

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At 17 million acres, the Tongass is our largest national forest and is one of the last, intact coastal temperate rainforests in the world. Old-growth forests and salmon streams still support abundant fish and wildlife populations, sustain traditional ways of life, provide outstanding recreation opportunities, and serve as the lynchpin for local economies. Yet for decades the Tongass has also been a place of controversy where land issues pit neighbor against neighbor. The Sealaska bill only serves to continue and codify this conflict.

"Sealaska Bill" (S.881), which is moving through the House and Senate presently. The legislation, which has garnered significant national and local opposition, would transfer high value public lands in the Tongass National Forest to Sealaska Corporation for industrial clearcut logging and other private development.

Conveyance of Sealaska's final land entitlements does not require an act of Congress; Sealaska has already selected their final entitlements and is using this legislation as an attempt to get a sweetheart deal, bypassing the intention of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

Oppose S881 Bill to allow commercial logging In Tongass  Write to Your Congressman