A note from Elsa: Speaking up for the natural world and all of its magic, and gifts, has always been an empowering and meaningful experience for me. There are two more weeks to submit a comment to the U.S. Forest Service in support of protecting 9-million acres of Roadless forests in the Tongass.
Read MoreToday we learned that the Roadless Rule is being restored. There will be no more clearcut logging of old-growth on federal lands.
Read MoreThe Biden Administration should move quickly to establish a carbon reserve system, and the Tongass National Forest should be the first entry into this system. This would go a long way toward achieving the United State’s recent commitment to 30x30.
Read MoreThe times we visited the fuel dock to pump diesel into Murrelet, I remember the disconcerting feeling that even as we made a documentary film about a forest that is a huge part of the climate solution, we also couldn’t escape being part of the problem.
Read MoreWe made Understory because we think that more people should know that the Tongass exists. Our team has been working on this film for almost two years, and we’re so excited that in just a few days, we will share Understory with you.
Read MoreThe USFS isn’t just ignoring the general public, they’re also ignoring the sovereign tribes. The US Forest Service has disregarded the formal input of the Tlingit and Haida tribal governments that participated in the Roadless process. This disregard is a threat to cultural survival.
Read MoreExempting the Tongass from Roadless Rule protections will make it easier for mines to be permitted in remote rainforest.
Read MoreIt can sometimes be challenging to stay motivated with passion projects like Last Stands; but we have asked for help over and over and so many folks have come through for us.
Read MoreWe want to help YOU write a powerful comment, join this webinar to get the support you need! This webinar will be armchair activism at its FINEST.
Read MoreWe are the daughters of loggers and commercial fishermen, and we grew up in neighboring villages on Prince of Wales Island, the largest and the most aggressively clear-cut island in the coastal temperate rainforest that is the Tongass National Forest.
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