Friend — The Tongass, home to majestic 1,000-year-old trees and the largest coastal temperate rainforest on the planet, is once again on the Trump administration's chopping block. And once again, it's up to us to save it. Over the past century, commercial loggers have already clear-cut over 1 million acres of the Tongass' irreplaceable old-growth forest. Now the Trump Administration's U.S. Forest Service has a plan to harvest almost twice that number of acres, with one-third of the proposed 1.8-million-acre project being old-growth trees. Friend, the Tongass provides habitat for threatened species like the Alexander Archipelago wolf and Queen Charlotte Goshawk, and supports Alaska's fishing and tourism industries — and with logging scheduled to start as early as 8-10 weeks from now, we don't have a moment to waste. Our Sierra Club community isn't giving up a single tree — nor even one of Alaska’s precious species — without a fight. We're prepping our legal teams to sue the Forest Service and halt this reckless plan, mobilizing grassroots opposition, and urging Congress to secure protections for vulnerable wild places — but we need your help right now to do it. Help us save the Tongass' old-growth trees and threatened wildlife with your emergency monthly donation of $5 or more now. Don't miss your chance to have your monthly donation sign-up unlock a $50 EARTH DAY MATCH — up to $300,000. We'll also send you our insulated cooler tote — free. Proponents of this controversial plan argue the Prince of Wales Island plan is all about jobs. But the truth is that fishing, recreation and tourism represent large portions of Alaska's economy — and cutting down old-growth trees will hurt all of those sectors, and the local communities who depend on income generated by the Tongass to thrive. The "condition-based" Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the Forest Service for the Tongass timber-sale plan is so vague even a representative from the timber industry, Alaska Forest Association Executive Director Owen Graham, called it "disconcerting." The Sierra Club, along with our allies, think the Forest Service's lack of specificity regarding where and how it will remove trees gives us a fighting chance to stop this plan in court. Please, help us do just that with your emergency Earth Day monthly gift now. Rush your emergency monthly gift today, before this generous Earth Day match offer expires. We'll also send you our Insulated Cooler Tote Bag — FREE. We're not alone in this fight to save the Tongass, Friend. More than a dozen organizations and individuals have submitted written objections to the project because of its potential impact on wildlife habitat, its lack of data-based justification, or both. With your special Earth Day support, we will protect our iconic old-growth forest from this project — which even Forest Supervisor Earl Stewart calls “exceedingly large” — and save the precious birds, fish, and other wildlife who call the Tongass home. With determination,  Michael Brune
Executive Director
Sierra Club | 
