Alaska Roadless Rule – Tongass

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service is seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement offering a range of alternatives to roadless management and a proposed Alaska Roadless Rule.

If adopted, the proposed rule would exempt the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule. The USDA Forest Service will publish the documents in the Federal Register this week. The publication will begin a 60-day public comment period on the proposed rule, and on each alternative outlined in the draft environmental impact statement.

The public has until midnight on Dec. 16, 2019, to submit comments on the documents. Comments can be submitted the following ways:

• Web: www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=54511
• Email: akroadlessrule@fs.fed.us
• Mail: USDA Forest Service, Attn: Alaska Roadless Rule, P.O. Box 21628, Juneau, Alaska, 99802
• Fax: 907-586-7852
• In-person delivery to Forest Service, 709 W. 9^th Street, Room 535B, Juneau, Alaska 99801

For more information, visit:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/roadmain/roadless/alaskaroadlessrule.

The Federal Register Notice is available here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/17/2019-22638/special-areas-roadless-area-conservation-national-forest-system-lands-in-alaska