Feds propose opening biggest national forest to logging

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is taking comments on a proposal that would exempt the country’s largest national forest, in southeast Alaska, from a ban on timber harvests and road building in roadless areas.
This option is listed as the preferred alternative by the agency in a draft environmental review and would exempt the Tongass National Forest from the so-called Roadless Rule.
The Forest Service says this alternative is in line with a request from the state. The s