﻿2019-12-17
Report on Protect the Tongass forest in Alaska
37 responding constituents
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Gayle Boesch
San Jose, CA 95126
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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John Hedblom
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Doug King
Campbell, CA 95008
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 
Please consider the consequences to all life on earth and what environment we want to leave for our children and grandchildren. 

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Margaret Tritton
San Jose, CA 95122
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 
The first paragraph has the relevant cost/benefit question. Is it cost effective to put in infrastructure to log old growth trees when the markets are working for perfect substitutes? Will the affordable price of this lumber trickle down to Home Depot? Which begs the second paragraph. Is short term profit worth the trade off of breathable air for the world?

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Lisa Akselrad
Fremont, CA 94538
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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jack Shannon
San Jose, CA 95128
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Jean Gallegos
CA, San Jose, CA 95117
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Skyler Hedblom
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Nancy Krop
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Linda Krop
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Irene Moy
San Francisco, CA 94127
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Maya Shaanan
Los altos, CA , Los Altos, CA 94024
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Bruce Preville
Los Gatos, CA 95032
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Carly
Alamo, CA 94507
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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kat wilson
San Jose, CA 95124
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Becky Marcus
San Carlos, CA 94070
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Amy Wright
Los Altos, CA 94024
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Scott Nacey
San Jose, CA 95125
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Cindy Holstrom
Los Altos, CA 94024
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Ana
Campbell, CA 95008
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Soraya
San Jose, CA 95117
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Todd Weber
San Jose, CA 95125
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Audrey Smith
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Teresa McGlashan
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Debbie Mytels
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Sydney Gee
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Sydney
Larkspur, CA 94904
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Leila
Davis, CA 95618
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Abby
Oakland, CA 94602
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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martha michel
San Mateo, CA 94403
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Martin Krop
Mountain View, CA 94041
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Robin Krop
San Francisco, CA 94109
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Elisheva
San Jose, CA 95124
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Heather Valentine
San Jose, CA 95124
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Laura Burns
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Anne
San Jose, CA 95125
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 


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Dan Tuchler
Campbell, CA 95008
Old-growth logging industry can’t survive on its own. Tongass timber is no longer competitive because of changes to global timber markets, high labor costs, distance from markets, and less expensive substitutes. If old-growth logging were to resume in the 9.3 million acres of national forest protected by the Roadless Rule, the real drivers of the region’s economy – recreation, tourism, guiding and fishing – would be imperiled. And the value that the Tongass provides exceeds economics. Our nation’s largest national forest absorbs approximately 8 percent of the nation’s annual global warming pollution. No other national forest even comes close, making the Tongass the nation’s premier climate insurance policy.

Additionally, when old-growth rainforests like the Tongass are cut down, they release up to two-thirds of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, which contributes to increased storm intensity, sea level rise, wildfires and climate-related health risks.

 

