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Alaska Roadless Rulemaking Announcement
The final rule repealing the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska was published on January 27, 2023.
Repealing the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule, which exempted the Tongass from roadless protections, returned the inventoried roadless areas of the forest to management under the 2001 Roadless Rule, which prohibits road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvest in inventoried roadless areas, with limited exceptions.
Through Executive Order “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” the White House directed the Secretary of Agriculture to place a moratorium on all activities and privileges, as appropriate, conduct a new, comprehensive analysis and reinstate the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule.