Facebook Twitter Pinterest A trail through the Tongass national forest, home to some of the country’s last remaining coniferous old growth. Photograph: Dave BeebeSenator Murkowski has proposed scrapping this plan, reasoning that it takes too much old growth off the table too quickly. Owen Graham, who directs the Alaska Forest Association, called Murkowski “an ally”, and was thankful for her continued support in the face of great odds. While recognizing timber’s heyday has passed, he still believes more old growth can be cut, and cut responsibly. It was his work at the mill that opened his eyes to the “vast, irreparable damage” wrought on the Alaska forest.

Source: The Guardian March 22, 2018 09:56 UTC