Comments closed March 20
Defend the Tongass National Forest
Forest Service · Tongass National Forest, AK
- What
- The Forest Service is kicking off a revision of the land management plan for Tongass National Forest in Alaska, which will guide how the forest is managed for years to come. They're also launching an environmental impact statement to assess the effects of any changes, and they're opening a public scoping period to collect input on what issues should be analyzed. This affects one of the largest national forests in the U.S., with implications for timber, wildlife, watersheds, and Indigenous communities across southeast Alaska.
- Where
- Tongass National Forest, AK
- How much
- We have no figure for this fight yet; the agency’s own words are under Case.
- Decided
- Comments closed March 20, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read May 6, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur summary of the Federal Register 2026-03197 ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchNo verified figure is on the record for this fight.
- DecidedMarch 20, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read May 6, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.
No decision document is on PLAN’s record for this fight yet. When the agency’s decision lands, what it answered goes here.
PLAN's read: high threat
The Forest Service is kicking off a revision of the land management plan for Tongass National Forest in Alaska, which will guide how the forest is managed for years to come. They're also launching an environmental impact statement to assess the effects of any changes, and they're opening a public scoping period to collect input on what issues should be analyzed. This affects one of the largest national forests in the U.S., with implications for timber, wildlife, watersheds, and Indigenous communities across southeast Alaska.
In the agency’s own words
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is revising the land management plan for the Tongass National Forest. This notice announces the Forest Service's initiation of the development of a revised land management plan (revised plan) and intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the effects of revising the current plan. This notice initiates the scoping period on the development of the proposed action and EIS. This notice also describes the documents and background resources available for review and how to obtain them; includes a description of the preliminary need to change t…
The groups on this fight
4 groups predicted likely to care in Alaska
Predicted likely to care is a guess from the group's sourced work in Alaska, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Alaska Wilderness League
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska: Built around defending the Arctic Refuge from oil and gas drilling.
- Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska: Lead plaintiff in the November 2025 federal suit challenging the land exchange signed to put a road through the Izembek Wilderness.
- Northern Alaska Environmental Center
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Gates of the Arctic (Ambler Road), Alaska: First-named plaintiff in Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Trump, the Ambler road suit filed in 2020.
- Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Tongass National Forest, Alaska: Southeast Alaska’s homegrown defender of the Tongass since 1970.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
Who signs it
The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.
The ground
The window has closed, so there’s no watch to set on it here.
The photograph on this page: Sockeye salmon spawning in a clear-water stream, Tongass National Forest, Alaska. More Than Just Parks.
In court on this ground
9 court cases are over Tongass National Forest, newest first.
Still open · latest entry June 1, 2026
State of Alaska v. The United States Department of Agriculture
Latest entry we hold: “SLG TEXT ORDER: The Court has reviewed and ACCEPTS the Joint Status Report of Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants at Docket 91.”
Ruled · May 8, 2026
The court: “ORDER ON REMEDY:The Forest Service's December 2023 Record of Decision for the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Facility Improvements Project is hereby REMANDED WITHOUT VACATUR.”
Decided · latest entry April 2, 2026
Alaska Forest Association v. U.S. Department of Agriculture
Latest entry we hold: “NOTICE OF APPEAL as to 44 Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim, 45 Judgment, by Alaska Forest Association, Alcan Timber Incorporated, Viking Lumber Company, Inc..”
Docket closed · latest entry December 13, 2023
Inside Passage Electric Cooperative v. U.S. Department of Agriculture
Latest entry we hold: “ANSWER to 1 Complaint, by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Thomas Vilsack.”
Docket closed · latest entry December 12, 2023
Latest entry we hold: “CLERK'S NOTICE: The Nature of Suit of this case shall be changed from 899 to 893 to reflect Environmental Matters.”
Docket closed · filed December 23, 2020
Organized Village of Kake v. Vilsack
The court closed the docket. We don’t hold its entries yet.
Ruled · May 23, 2017
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. U.S. Forest Service
The court: “FILED OPINION (ALEX KOZINSKI, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN and RONALD M. GOULD) AFFIRMED.”
Decided · no date on file
In re Big Thorne Project & 2008 Tongass Forest Plan
Decided. We don’t hold the court’s words on it yet.
Decided · no date on file
Alaska v. United States Department of Agriculture
Decided. We don’t hold the court’s words on it yet.
Who holds the vote
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