Federal law doesn’t mandate minimum amounts of logging in Alaska’s Tongass rainforest, judge says

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 519

Last Updated: 3 days, 23 hours ago

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A federal judge in Alaska has rejected a lawsuit that sought to reinstate a management plan that would allow heavier logging in the world’s largest temperate old-growth rainforest.

The result leaves an Obama-era management plan in place, but it could be short-lived: The administration of President Donald Trump is already at work on a new plan that could allow more logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.

In an order published Friday, Judge …

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