President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Earth Day, aimed at protecting the nation’s forests. Environmental groups hope the order leads to durable protections for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska.
saying that state officials are “pleased” the Biden administration wants to work with the state of Alaska in some forestry-related areas like wildfire mitigation. But, there are differences of opinion between the Biden administration and Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration when it comes to old-growth or mature trees.
Environmental protections in the Tongass have seesawed back and forth over decades of legal fights and different presidential administrations.
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